69 is a 2004 Japanese film adaptation of Ryu Murakami's 1987 novel 69. The film was directed by Lee Sang-il.

69
Japanese poster
Directed bySang-il Lee
Written byKankuro Kudo
StarringSatoshi Tsumabuki
Masanobu Andō
Yuta Kanai
Asami Mizukawa
CinematographyKozo Shibasaki
Edited byTsuyoshi Imai
Music byMasakazu Sakuma
Naoki Tachikawa
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$4,551,540[1]

Plot

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In Sasebo (on the Island of Kyushu, Southern Japan), in 1969, inspired by the iconoclastic examples of Dylan, Kerouac, Godard and Che, a band of mildly disaffected teenagers led by the smilingly charismatic Ken decide to shake up "the establishment," i.e., their repressive school and the nearby US military installation. A series of anarchic pranks meets with varying levels of success, until Ken and his friends focus their energies on mounting a multimedia "happening" to combine music, film and theater.

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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Reception

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A review on Asian Movie Pulse concluded, "“69” is not the best novel of Ryu Murakami neither the best film of Lee Sang-il, and the fact that a film about the 60's is stripped of any elements of nostalgia definitely works against it. However, through Tsumabuki's charisma, the in-your-face buffooness and the music ends up being entertaining and quite pleasant to both eyes and ears."[6] while Variety stated, "Helmer Lee Sang-il, a third-generation Korean-Japanese, does a serviceable, if undistinctive, job in the director’s chair. Compared with other films based on the work of Murakami (“Audition,” “Tokyo Decadence”), this is considerably tamer fare. Perfs are likable but generic, and tech credits professional but uninspiring."[7]

References

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  1. ^ "69". Boxofficemojo. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "The 47th Blue Ribbon Award".
  3. ^ "69 sixty nine|日本映画作品| 映像制作・動画制作会社のボーダーレス". 映像制作・動画制作会社のボーダーレス(東京) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  4. ^ "過去の受賞一覧 | 表彰-報知映画賞". 報知新聞社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  5. ^ "柴田恭兵 - 人物情報・関連映画". キネマ旬報WEB (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  6. ^ Kotzathanasis, Panos (2020-04-19). "Film Review: 69 (2004) by Lee Sang-il". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  7. ^ Edwards, Russell (2004-10-26). "69 Sixty Nine". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
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