Hold My Hand (Te wo Tsunaide Kaeroyo - Shangri-La no Muko de -) [Regular Edition]

[Machine Translation] The writer Masayuki Imai presents the profound theme of "life and death," including the energy of life and reincarnation, through the main character, Masato, who is trying his best to live in the present with the abilities he has been given. Masayuki Imai, who passed away suddenly in 2015, wrote the original story, script, and starred in the stage play "Let's Go Home Hand in Hand - Beyond Shangri-La. Directed by Yoko Narahashi, who continues Masayuki Imai's legacy, the film is a moving work with the profound theme of "life and death" as its motif, but with a universality that anyone can relate to. The cast is led by Jihide Kabira, who plays the lead role, and includes Nanami, Tomoko Fujita, Tetsuya Bessho, Masahiro Nakai (who makes a friendly appearance), and others who have been associated with Masayuki Imai. The cast also includes Sumire, LiLiCo, Itao Itsuji, and many others. --The main character is Masato (Kawahira Jihide), a mildly mentally handicapped man. He enters a "special" class in junior high school, and despite being ridiculed and bullied, he meets Sakiraku (Nanaumi), a woman with the same disability, and they eventually get married while exchanging awkward expressions of affection. However, in order to protect Sakiraku, Masato commits a crime. As if to remind himself of his promised honeymoon with Sakiraku, Masato drives alone to Ise Shrine. There, a hitchhiker named Reiko (Sumire) gets in the car. In the car, she asks Masato, "What is God? What is history? What is man? What is history? Then, she asks Sakiraku's riddle, "What is something between H and money? The answer to Sakiraku's riddle, "What is between H and money? Reiko leaves behind a box in her car, which contains something unexpected.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of, event footage, trailer

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生きるとは、死とは、親とは、友とは、恋とは、 Hと銭の間にある大切なものとは・・・与えられた能力でいまを懸命に生きる、主人公・真人を通して 作家・今井雅之が生のエネルギーや輪廻といった「生と死」という重厚なテーマを投げかける。2015年に急逝した俳優・今井雅之氏が原作・脚本・主演を務めた舞台『手をつないでかえろうよ～シャングリラの向こうで～』を映画化。今井雅之の遺志を引き継ぐ奈良橋陽子が監督として総指揮を執り、「生と死」という重厚なテーマをモチーフにしながら、誰もが共感できる普遍性をたたえた感動作品。俳優陣は、主演の川平慈英を筆頭に、七海、藤田朋子、別所哲也、中居正広(友情出演)ほか今井雅之にゆかりのあったキャストが集結。すみれ、LiLiCo、板尾創路らバラエティ豊かな豪華出演者の顔ぶれにも注目! ――主人公は軽度の知的障害のある男性・真人 (川平慈英)。 中学で「特殊」学級に入った真人は、ばかにされたりいじめられたりしながらも同じ障害のある女性・咲楽 (七海)と出会い、ぎこちない愛情表現を交わしながらやがて結婚する。しかし、真人は咲楽を守るため、罪を犯してしまう。咲楽との約束だった新婚旅行を思い起こすように、真人は伊勢神宮へ1人で車を運転して出かける。 そこにヒッチハイクで、麗子 (すみれ)が乗り込んできた。彼女は車の中で真人に、「神とは? 歴史とは? 人間とは?」と問いかける。そして、咲楽の「Hと銭の間にあるものってなんだ?」というなぞなぞへの答えが浮き彫りになっていく。やがて麗子が車の中に置き忘れていった箱には思いもかけないものが入っていた。

映像特典: メイキング映像、舞台挨拶、予告編