Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship

Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
Directed by	Osamu Minorikawa
Produced by	Yoshitaka Takeda Kasumi Yao
Screenplay by	Sachiko Tanaka
Based on	Su-chan  by Miri Masuda
Music by	Shin Kono Kasarinchu
Cinematography	Gen Kobayashi
Edited by	Hidemi Ri
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

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. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Sû-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san at the Internet Movie Database