Himitsu (film)

Himitsu
Directed by	Yōjirō Takita
Produced by	Yasuhiro Mase Junichi Sindo Setsuro Tagami
Written by	Keigo Higashino (novel) Hiroshi Saitō
Based on	Naoko  by Keigo Higashino
Starring	Ryōko Hirosue Kaoru Kobayashi Kayoko Kishimoto Ken Kaneko Yuriko Ishida Hideaki Ito
Music by	Mariya Takeuchi Ryudo Uzaki
Distributed by	TBS
Release dates	25 September 1999
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Himitsu (秘密) is a 1999 Japanese fantasy romance film directed by Yōjirō Takita, starring Ryōko Hirosue, Kaoru Kobayashi and Kayoko Kishimoto^[1] and based on the novel Naoko by Keigo Higashino. It was released on 25 September 1999. An English-language French remake, The Secret, was released in 2007.

Cast

• Ryōko Hirosue
• Kaoru Kobayashi
• Kayoko Kishimoto
• Ken Kaneko
• Yuriko Ishida
• Hideaki Ito

Reception

It was chosen as the runner-up in the Best 10 films at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival.^[2]

Award	Date	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Sitges Film Festival[3][4]	October 2000	Best Actress	Ryōko Hirosue	Won
		Best Screenplay	Hiroshi Saitō	Won
		Best Film	Himitsu	Nominated

References

1. 秘密 (1999). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
2. １９９９年度　日本映画ベストテン. homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 July 2014.
3. "Awards 2000". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
4. "Films". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

External links

• Himitsu at the Internet Movie Database