Shinkokyu no Hitsuyo (English Subtitles) [Regular Edition]

Young people, sugarcane cutting, and change of heart under the blue Okinawa sky. A feel-good film Shinkokyu no Hitsuyo (The Necessity of Deep Breathing) is available with English subtitles. Tetsuo Shinohara, who was responsible for the romantic hit Tengoku no Honya - Koibi (Heaven's Bookstore - The Light of Love), returns with Shosuke Tanihara, Karina, Hiroki Narimiya, and Sayaka Kaneko. A group of youths come to a remote island of Okinawa to escape from the pasts they want to hide. They have to harvest 70,000 sugarcanes within 35 days; otherwise their employers, a kindly old couple, will face financial ruin. The job is harsh, and some of them are thinking about leaving. One day, the foreman gets an accident, and it is only 10 days left. Are they going to get it done in time? Shinohara recorded the entire cane-cutting process, from the first awe-struck look at the massive stalks to the last ceremonial cut in a cleared field. He keeps the focus in the field, where the changes of the heart take shape and grow.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of featurette, trailers, cast & staff bios

香里奈、成宮寛貴、谷原章介、など時代を担う若手フィルムスターたちが競演!! 沖縄の広大なさとうきび畑を舞台に、"きび刈り隊"に志願した7人の若者たちを描く青春ドラマ。詩人・長田弘の詩集「深呼吸の必要」のタイトルを冠し、監督には「はつ恋」「昭和歌謡大全集」「天国の本屋～恋火～」で高い評価を得た"篠原哲雄"、そして「ちゅらさん」シリーズ脚本家・岡田惠和の企画を受けて、脚本は「ホワイトアウト」「卒業」の長谷川康夫が担っている。また、音楽に稀代のメロディーメーカー小林武史、主題歌をMY LITTLE LOVERが担当。

メイキング・オブ・「深呼吸の必要」、予告編集、キャスト・スタッフ紹介