Crickets (film)

2006 film by Shinji Aoyama

This article is about the 2006 film. For other films, see Cricket (disambiguation).

Crickets

Directed by| Shinji Aoyama
Screenplay by| Ryo Iwamatsu
Story by| Motohiro Hatanaka
Produced by| Motohiro Hatanaka
Akihiko Yose
Starring| Kyōka Suzuki
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Masanobu Andō
Ayumi Ito
Cinematography| Masaki Tamura
Edited by| Yuji Oshige
Music by| Hiroyuki Nagashima

Production
company

Aoi Promotion

Release date

* September 8, 2006 (2006-09-08) (Venice Film Festival)

Running time

| 102 minutes
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese

Crickets (こおろぎ, Kōrogi) is a 2006 Japanese drama film directed by Shinji Aoyama.

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Kyōka Suzuki as Kaoru
* Tsutomu Yamazaki as Blind Man
* Masanobu Andō as Taichi
* Ayumi Ito as Eiko

## Production

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Crickets was filmed in 1.33:1 aspect ratio.[1]

## Release

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Crickets debuted in Orizzonti section at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2006.[2]

## Reception

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Film Comment named the film as one of "19 Films to Look Out For" in 2007. Japanese film critic Shigehiko Hasumi said, "Crickets can be seen as a bold reply to Sokurov’s The Sun."[3]

## References

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1. ^ Weissberg, Jay (September 14, 2006). "Crickets - Film Reviews - Venice". Variety.
2. ^ Lardieri, Leonardo (September 8, 2006). "VENEZIA 63: "Koorogi" (Crickets), di Aoyama Shinji (Orizzonti)". Sentieri Selvaggi.
3. ^ Hasumi, Shigehiko (2007). "TERRA INCOGNITA: 19 Films to Look Out For". Film Comment.

## External links

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* Kôrogi at IMDb

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Films directed by Shinji Aoyama

* EM Embalming (1999)
* Eureka (2000)
* Desert Moon (2001)
* Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
* My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005)
* Crickets (2006)
* Sad Vacation (2007)
* Tokyo Park (2011)
* The Backwater (2013)
* Living in the Sky (2020)

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