It All Began When I Met You

It All Began When I Met You
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Katsuhide Motoki
Produced by	Kentaro Koike Shinzo Matsuhashi
Written by	Atsuko Hashibe
Starring	Hiroshi Tamaki Rin Takanashi Fumino Kimura Masahiro Higashide Tsubasa Honda Miwako Ichikawa Saburo Tokito Nene Otsuka Nenji Kobayashi Chieko Baisho
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	22 November 2013
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

It All Began When I Met You (すべては君に逢えたから Subete wa Kimi ni Aeta kara) is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Katsuhide Motoki, and released by Warner Bros. in Japan on 22 November 2013.^[1] Inspired by the 2003 British romantic comedy Love Actually,^[2] the film is made up of six separate stories revolving around ten people at Tokyo Station just before Christmas.^[3] It was produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station, and was filmed with full cooperation by the railway company JR East.^[2]

Stories

1. Eve no Koibito (イヴの恋人, Christmas Eve Lover)
2. Enkyori Renai (遠距離恋愛, Long-distance Love Affair)
3. Christmas no Yūki (クリスマスの勇気, Christmas Courage)
4. Christmas Present (クリスマスプレゼント)
5. Nibun no Ichi Seijinshiki (二分の一成人式, Half a Coming-of-age Ceremony)
6. Okurete Kita Present (遅れてきたプレゼント, Belated Present)

Cast

Story 1: Eve no Koibito

• Hiroshi Tamaki as Kazuki Kuroyama, a company president
• Rin Takanashi as Reiko Sasaki, an aspiring actress

Story 2: Enkyori Renai

• Fumino Kimura as Yukina Yamaguchi, a fashion designer
• Masahiro Higashide as Takumi Tsumura, a construction worker

Story 3: Christmas no Yūki

• Tsubasa Honda as Natsumi Otomo, a cake shop employee

Story 4: Christmas Present

• Miwako Ichikawa as Chiharu Kishimoto, an orphanage worker
• Emiri Kai as Akane Terai

Story 5: Nibun no Ichi Seijinshiki

• Saburo Tokito as Masayuki Miyazaki, a train driver
• Nene Otsuka as Saori Miyazaki, Masayuki's wife
• Ryutaro Yamasaki as Koji Miyazaki, their son

Story 6: Okurete Kita Present

• Chieko Baisho as Kotoko Oshima, a Tokyo Station pastry shop employee
• Nenji Kobayashi as Taizo Matsuura

Special screenings

The film was screened at the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival on 23 October 2013.^[4]

References

1. Ouellette, Kevin (2 September 2013). "Trailer for the Japanese version of "Love Actually" (It All Began When I Met You)". Nippon Cinema. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
2. 映画「すべては君に逢えたから」11月22日より公開 [Film "Subete wa Kimi ni Aeta kara" to be released on 22 November]. Tetsudo Hobidas (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
3. "Cast revealed for upcoming movie 'Subete wa Kimi ni Aeta Kara'". Tokyohive Movies. Japan: 6Theory Media, LLC. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
4. "It All Began When I Met You". Japan: Tokyo International Film Festival. 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• It All Began When I Met You at KineNote (Japanese)
• It All Began When I Met You at the Internet Movie Database