Out of This World

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Movie: Out of This World
Romaji: Kono yo no sotoe - Club Shinchugun
Japanese: この世の外へ　クラブ進駐軍
Director: Junji Sakamoto
Writer: Junji Sakamoto
Producer: Yukiko Shii
Cinematographer: Norimichi Kasamatsu
Release Date: February 7, 2004
Runtime: 123 Min
Production Company: Kadokawa Pictures, TV Asahi, Shochiku
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American soldiers at an Enlisted Men's Club. Tensions emerge between the tenor saxophonist (Masato Hagiwara), a disillusioned ex-soldier, and a bitter GI (Shea Whigham) whose brother was killed in the war. And when the band plays the prohibited "Danny Boy" during a birthday bash for a sergeant (Peter Mullan) whose son Danny had died a year ago, everyone must confront a past they'd rather forget.

Cast

Masato Hagiwara - Kentaro Hirooka
Joe Odagiri - Shozo Ikeshima
Shunsuke Matsuoka - Kazushiro Hirayama
Peter Mullan - Jim
Shea Whigham - Russell Reade
Mitch - Hiroyuki Asakawa
Jun Murakami - Akira Amano
Aki Maeda - Ryoko Yoda
Kaori Takahashi - Eiko
Claude Maki - Kerry Tsukamoto
Mansaku Ikeuchi - Tsunemasa Kashida
Maiko Kazama - Cherry's mama
Sho Aikawa - Jerry Nakata
Ichiro Ogura - Kin-san
Ken Mitsuishi - Soldier with one leg
Makoto Araki- seller

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Awards

"Best Supporting Actor" ("Joe Odagiri") - 2004 (47th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 14, 2005