Yuki TANADA
One Million Yen Girl
百万円と苦虫女
Nippon Cinema ª
Suzuko is 21 and moves out of her parents home. After a couple of unfortunate circumstances she has to serve a jail sentence and returns home as the ex-con-daughter. She saves one million yen to move out, finds a place to work and again saves a million yen to move on. However, Suzuko realizes that she cannot keep running forever from the people who love her.
百万円と苦虫女
Hyakuman-en to nigamushi onna
Japan 2008
121 minutes
Production
"One Million Yen Girl" Production Comittee
World sales
Nikkatsu
Cast
Yu AOI, Mirai MORIYAMA, Ryusei SAITO, Terunosuke TAKEZAI, Takashi SASANO
About Yuki TANADA
Exceptional talent Yuki TANADA, born in 1975, won the top prize at the PIA Film Festival with her first film. In 2006 she wrote the screenplay for SAKURAN by Mika NINAGAWA. This is the third time we are showing one of her films at NIPPON CONNECTION.