Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship

Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
	Film poster
Directed by	Osamu Minorikawa
Written by	Sachiko Tanaka
Based on	Su-chan; by Miri Masuda
Produced by	Yoshitaka Takeda; Kasumi Yao
Cinematography	Gen Kobayashi
Edited by	Hidemi Ri
Music by	Shin Kono; Kasarinchu
Release dates	October 24, 2012 (TIFF); March 2, 2013 (Japan);
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (すーちゃん　まいちゃん　さわ子さん, Sū-chan Mai-chan Sawako-san) is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Osamu Minorikawa and based on the manga series Su-chan by Miri Masuda. It premiered at the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 24, 2012 and was released in Japan on March 2, 2013.^[1]

Cast

Kō Shibasaki as Yoshiko Morimoto
Yōko Maki as Maiko Okamura
Shinobu Terajima as Sawako Hayashi
Shōta Sometani as Kosuke Chiba
Arata Iura as Seichiro Nakata
Hana Kino as Yoko Koba
Poon-chaw Guin as Nobuko Hayashi
Akiko Kazami as Shizue Hayashi
Megumi Sato as Mika Iwai
Mio Uema as Chika Takeda
Aoi Yoshikura as Minami Koba
Ai Takabe as Chigusa Maeda

Reception

Critical response

On Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a 6 out of 10, calling it "a mature chick-flick with a fine array of actresses but rather over-slack pacing."^[1]

Accolades

Award	Date	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Kinema Junpo Awards	2014^[2]	Best Actress	Yōko Maki	Won

References

^ ^a ^b Derek Elley (February 21, 2013). "Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship". Film Business Asia. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
^ Kevin Ma (January 9, 2014). "Pecoross tops Kinema Junpo list". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on June 13, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Sû-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san at IMDb

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[Elley-1] Derek Elley (February 21, 2013). "Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship". Film Business Asia. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

[2] Kevin Ma (January 9, 2014). "Pecoross tops Kinema Junpo list". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on June 13, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

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