Bokura ga Ita (film)

Bokura ga Ita
Film poster advertising this film in Japan
Directed byTakahiro Miki
Story byObata Yuki (Bokura ga Ita)
Produced byTomoko Yoshida
StarringToma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka
Production
companies
Distributed byToho & Asmik Ace Entertainment (Japan)
Capcom Pictures (USA)
Release dates
  • 17 March 2012 (2012-03-17) (Part 1)
  • 21 April 2012 (2012-04-21) (Part 2)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese lll
Box office$19,755,135 (Part 1) $15,101,703 (Part 2)

Bokura ga Ita (僕等がいた) is a 2012 Japanese film based on the manga of the same name, We Were There written by Yūki Obata .[1] It is directed by the director Takahiro Miki and stars Toma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka.[1] The film was released in two parts, with the first released in Japanese cinemas in the spring of 2012.[2] The second part was released 4–5 weeks after the first part.[3]

Cast

Production

Bokura ga Ita was first serialized in Betsucomi, and it won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shōjo manga.[4] Director Takahiro Miki directed the film,[1] and film produced by Tomoko Yoshida.[1]

The main cast of Bokura ga Ita was revealed on 2 May 2011.[3] Toma Ikuta, who previously starred in the films Hanamizuki and No Longer Human,[3] would be starring in this film as Motoharu Yano, a boy who is popular with most girls in the class.[2] Actress Yuriko Yoshitaka, the recipient of the Best Newcomer award at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival,[3] would star as Nanami Takahashi, a classmate of Motoharu.[4] In addition, Sosuke Takaoka would play the role of Masafumi Takeuchi, Yano's close friend, and Yuika Motokariya would play Yuri Yamamoto, the younger sister of Motoharu's late girlfriend.[4]

The filming of Bokura ga Ita took place in Kushiro, Hokkaido.[5] This is the hometown of Yuki Obata, the manga artist of Bokura ga Ita, the manga this film is based on.[5] The filming began in May 2011.[5] The film was filmed in Sapporo, Hokkaido and in Tokyo.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "僕等がいた 前篇 on eiga.com". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  2. ^ a b c "生田斗真＆吉高由里子、壮大な純愛劇「僕等がいた」2部作にW主演". Eiga.com (in Japanese). 2 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  3. ^ a b c d 生田斗真、吉高由里子で純愛…人気漫画「僕等がいた」を映画化. The Hochi Shimbun (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 2 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  4. ^ a b c 僕等がいた ：生田斗真＆吉高由里子がダブル主演 人気少女マンガを実写映画化. Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co.Ltd (in Japanese). Mantan Web. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  5. ^ a b c 生田斗真、学ランはこれで見納め？ 人気漫画映画化『僕等がいた』で吉高由里子と共演. cafegroove Corporation. (in Japanese). Cinemacafe. 2011-05-02. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-07-22.