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Kanki no Uta

© 2008 CINE QUA NON / HAPPINET/ KADOKAWA PICTURES

Original Title: Kanki no Uta
English Title: Double Trouble
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Format: 35mm / Vista / DSR / DVD / 112 min / Color
Year of Production: 2008
Release Date (Japan): February 2, 2008 (Japan)
Production Company: Cine Qua Non / Happinet / Kadokawa Pictures
Director: Joji Matsuoka
Producers: Yukiko Shii
Screenplay: Katsuhiko Manabe / Joji Matsuoka
Director of Photography: Akihiro Okabayashi
Music: Taro Iwashiro
Main Cast: Kaoru Kobayashi / Narumi Yasuda / Atsushi Ito / Saori Yuki

Synopsis

December 30, a single phone call sparks an incident that rocks a small town. "Hello, Mitama Cultural Center. Yes, you're calling to confirm your concert correct? That's right. Mitama Chorus Girls, tomorrow evening, 7pm. Alright, See you then"
A moment later, the cultural center's director soon realizes things are far from "Alright." There's the "Mitami Chorus Girls," and the, "Mitama Ladies' Chorus." In confusing these two similar sounding names, he has just doubled-booked on New Year's Eve!
Neither group will budge, and the director is caught in the middle. He has always enjoyed stability in both his work and private lives, but now, he grows nervous in the face of the choral groups' heated arguments, his marriage has hit the skids, and on top of all that- his bar tab is due. It's as if his entire life has turned upside down!
With this catastrophe scheduled for New Year's Eve, what will become of our poor director?
And what of these choir girls who have practiced their hearts out for this night?

About the Director

Joji Matsuoka was born November 7, 1961 in Aichi, Japan. He began making 8MM short films while still in high school. In 1990, he directed his first feature film Bataashi Kingyo, which won the First-Time Director Award at several film festivals. In 1992, he won the Gold Hugo Award for Kirakira Hikaru at the Chicago International Film Festival. After that, he directed Hanako (1995), Beru Epokku (1998), Akashia no Michi (2001), Sayonara, Kuro (2003), and Tokyo Tower: Okan to Boku to Tokidoki Oton (2007).

Sales Company

Kadokawa Pictures USA
6310 San Vicente Blvd. #295 Los Angeles, Ca 90048
Phone: 310. 818. 7020
Fax: 323. 930. 2773
Contact: Chiyako Tasai
Email: info@kadokawapicturesusa.com
www.kadokawapicturesusa.com

About the Sales Company

Kadokawa Pictures USA (KPUSA) the Los Angeles-based arm of the Japanese Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc. (KGH, Inc) expands its brand of content in the growing international world of multimedia. KPUSA, remakes films and distributes its film libraries of live-action and anime from over 2000 film titles. KGH, Inc. includes Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, one of the largest publishers in Japan with over 60 year history, and Kadokawa Pictures, Japan's major production and distribution division.

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