Ichiko

[Machine Translation] No one knows the real Ichiko Kawabe - her sad but fierce life, derailed by irresistible circumstances. A shocking work for which Hana Sugisaki won the Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role! Based on the stage play "For Ichiko Kawabe," which won the Best Screenplay Award at the Sunmall Studio Selection Awards 2015 and was also the inaugural performance of the theater company Cheese Theater, led by director Akihiro Toda. The popular stage play, which received enthusiastic support from the audience and was performed twice, was adapted into a film by Akira Akira himself. --Ichiko Kawabe (Hana Sugisaki) suddenly disappears the day after her boyfriend of three years, Yoshinori Hasegawa (Tatsuya Wakaba), proposes to her. Hasegawa, at a loss, is visited by detective Goto (Shohei Uno), who says he is looking for Ichiko. Goto holds out a picture of Ichiko in front of Hasegawa and asks, "Who is this woman? Hasegawa tracks down Ichiko and obtains testimonies from her old friends, childhood friends, high school classmates, and others who had been involved with her, and discovers that Ichiko used to go by a different name. Then, Hasegawa discovers a photograph in her room and decides to visit the address written on the back of it. As he continues his search, Hasegawa learns the truth about her life and her spectacular past.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: interview with Hana Sugisaki, preview event, trailers

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本当の川辺市子を誰も知らない―― 抗えない境遇が狂わせた、切なくも壮絶な彼女の人生。杉咲花が日本アカデミー賞優秀主演女優賞を受賞した衝撃作! 原作は、監督の戸田彬弘が主宰する劇団チーズtheater旗揚げ公演作品でもあり、サンモールスタジオ選定賞2015では最優秀脚本賞を受賞した舞台『川辺市子のために』。観客から熱い支持を受け2度再演された人気の舞台を自ら映画化した。――川辺市子 (杉咲花) は、3年間一緒に暮らしてきた恋人の長谷川義則 (若葉竜也) からプロポーズを受けた翌日に、突然失踪。途方に暮れる長谷川の元に訪れたのは、市子を捜しているという刑事・後藤 (宇野祥平)。後藤は、長谷川の目の前に市子の写真を差し出し「この女性は誰なのでしょうか」と尋ねる。市子の行方を追って、昔の友人や幼馴染、高校時代の同級生・・・と、これまで彼女と関わりがあった人々から証言を得ていく長谷川は、かつての市子が違う名前を名乗っていたことを知る。そんな中、長谷川は部屋で一枚の写真を発見し、その裏に書かれた住所を訪ねることに。捜索を続けるうちに長谷川は、彼女が生きてきた壮絶な過去と真実を知ることになる。

映像特典: 杉咲花 特別インタビュー映像、釜山国際映画祭 ワールドプレミア上映Q&A映像、特報・予告