Be with You (2004 film)

This article is about the 2004 film. For the Korean remake, see Be with You (2018 film).

2004 Japanese film

Be with You

Japanese release poster

Japanese| いま、会いにゆきます
Directed by| Nobuhiro Doi
Written by| Yoshikazu Okada
Based on| Be with You
by Takuji Ichikawa
Produced by| Hideyuki Honma
Starring| Yūko Takeuchi
Shido Nakamura
Cinematography| Takahide Shibanushi
Edited by| Shinichi Hiroshi
Music by| Suguru Matsutani
Distributed by| Toho

Release date

* 30 October 2004 (2004-10-30) (Japan)

Running time

| 119 minutes
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese
Box office| US$46.6 million[1]

Be with You (いま、会いにゆきます, Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu), is a 2004 Japanese drama film based on a Japanese novel of the same name written by Takuji Ichikawa.[2][3] The film was adapted from the novel by Yoshikazu Okada, and it was directed by Nobuhiro Doi.[2] It stars actress Yūko Takeuchi as Mio Aio and actor Shido Nakamura as Takumi Aio.[2]

Be with You was first released at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival.[4] It was subsequently released in Japanese cinemas on 30 October 2004.[2] The film grossed a total of $46,616,207 from its screenings in Japan and overseas countries.[1]

## Plot

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Mio Aio's death leaves her husband Takumi and six-year-old son Yuji to eke a living for themselves. Takumi is disorganized in household chores, suffers occasional fainting spells, and fears that his health could not fulfill his dead wife's happiness. Yuji overhears relatives gossiped that his own difficult delivery compromised Mio's health, and blames himself for his mother's death. Mio had left Yuji a picture book; in the book, Mio departs for a celestial body she calls "the Archive Star" but reappears in Japan during the following year's rainy season; turning the pages, Yuji eagerly awaits her return.

On a walk in the forest outside their house, Takumi and Yuji find a woman sheltered from the rain, and immediately accept her as Mio. She has no memory or sense of identity; she comes home to live with the father and son anyway. This new Mio asks Taku how they met and fell in love, and he recounts a tale of years of missed chances, beginning in high school and when she encouraged their marriage some time later. As the rainy season draws to a close, Yuji discovers the "time capsule" he hid with his mother before her death. Mio's diary is inside, and its version of the Mio-Taku romance holds the answers to the mystery.

## Cast

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* Yūko Takeuchi as Mio Aio (秋穂澪)
* Shido Nakamura as Takumi Aio (秋穂巧)
* Akashi Takei as Yuji Aio (秋穂佑司), the 6-year-old son of Mio Aio and Takumi Aio.
* Karen Miyama as Aya, Yuji's classmate
* Yosuke Asari as Takumi in his high school days
* Yuuta Hiraoka as Yuji when he becomes 18 years old
* Chihiro Otsuka as Mio in high school days
* Mikako Ichikawa as Midori Nagase (永瀬みどり), Takumi's co-worker
* Katsuo Nakamura as Takumi's Boss
* You as Yuji's teacher
* Suzuki Matsuo as the owner of a cake shop
* Fumiyo Kohinata as Dr. Noguchi (野口医師)
* Tokimasa Tanabe
* Kei Tanaka as Mio's university friend

## Release

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Be with You was showcased at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival on 27 October 2004.[4] It was featured as one of the festival's special screenings.[4] The singers for the theme song, Orange Range, also held a performance of the theme song at the showcase.[4]

## Theme song

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Okinawan alternative rock band Orange Range sang the theme song of this movie called Hana.[4] It was the top selling single of 2005.[citation needed]

## Remake

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Main article: Be with You (2018 film)

A South Korean remake starring So Ji-sub and Son Ye-jin was released on March 14, 2018.[5]

A 10 episode Japanese TV series starring Rie Mimura and Hiroki Narimiya was released by TBS in July 3 - September 18, 2005

## References

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1. ^ a b "IMA, AI NI YUKIMASU box office gross". IMDb, inc. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
2. ^ a b c d "いま、会いにゆきます on cinematoday". cinematoday (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 October 2011.
3. ^ "Profile of Takuji Ichikawa". Red Circle Authors. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
4. ^ a b c d e 中村獅童、オレンジレンジとライブ？【第17回東京国際映画祭】. cinematoday (in Japanese). 28 October 2004. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
5. ^ "[V Report] Son Ye-jin talks about starring alongside So Ji-sub". K-POP Herald.

## External links

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* Be with You at TBS Program Catalog
* Be with You at JFDB
* Be with You at IMDb
* Be with You at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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Films and television series directed by Nobuhiro Doi

* Aoi Tori [ja] (TV, 1997)
* Majo no Jōken (TV, 1999)
* Beautiful Life (TV, 2000)
* Strawberry on the Shortcake (TV, 2001)
* Friends (TV, 2002)
* Taiyō no Kisetsu (TV, 2002)
* Good Luck!! (TV, 2003)
* Be with You (2004)
* Nada Sōsō (2006)
* Ryokiteki na Kanojo (TV, 2008)
* Hanamizuki (2010)
* The Wings of the Kirin (2012)
* Nemuri no Mori (2014)
* Flying Colors (2015)
* Kōnodori (TV, 2015-2017)
* Jūhan Shuttai! (2016)
* The Full-Time Wife Escapist (2016)
* Quartet (TV, 2017)
* In This Corner of the World (TV, 2018)
* The Voice of Sin [ja] (2020)
* We Made a Beautiful Bouquet [ja] (2021)

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