Enrai
{{short description|1981 film by Kichitaro Negishi}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Enrai
| image = File:Enrai poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = Kichitaro Negishi
| producer =
| writer = Haruhiko Arai
| based_on = {{based on|Enrai|Wahei Tatematsu}}
| narrator =
| starring = Toshiyuki Nagashima
Johnny Ohkura
Eri Ishida
| music =
| cinematography = {{Nihongo|Shohei Ando|安藤庄平}}
| editing =
| studio = ATG
New Century Producers (NCP)
Nikkatsu
| distributor = ATG
| released = {{Film date|1981|10|24}}
| runtime = 135 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{Nihongo|Enrai|遠雷|lead=yes}} or Distant Thunder is a 1981 Japanese film adaptation of Wahei Tatematsu's novel of the same name, directed by Kichitaro Negishi.
Synopsis
Enrai is a low-key study of a farmer, Mitsuo Wada, in 1980s Japan when modernization and urbanization were threatening rural areas. After his father leaves his wife to run off with his mistress, Mitsuo struggles to preserve his livelihood with the help of his mother, grandmother, and his arranged marriage bride, Ayako.
Cast
- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Mitsuo Wada
- {{nihongo|Johnny Ohkura|ジョニー大倉}} as Hirotsugu Nakamori
- Eri Ishida as Ayako Hanamori
- {{nihongo|Rie Yokoyama|横山リエ}} as Kaede
- {{nihongo|Casey Takamine|ケーシー高峰}} as Mitsuo's father
- {{nihongo|Reiko Nanao|七尾伶子}} as Mitsuo's mother
- {{nihongo|Sen Hara|原泉}} as Mitsuo's grandmother
- Yumiko Fujita as Chii
- Keizō Kanie as Kaede's husband
Background
Enrai is based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Wahei Tatematsu. The film, financed by ATG, Nikkatsu, and the smaller Nikkatsu-related company New Century Producers, marked director Negishi's breakthrough into mainstream film after several Roman porno features for Nikkatsu.{{cite book|last=Jacoby|first=Alexander|title=A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors|year=2008|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=978-1-933330-53-2|page=213}}{{cite book |last=Sharp|first=Jasper|title=Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema|year=2008|publisher=FAB Press|location=Guildford|isbn=978-1-903254-54-7|page=237}} Enrai was released in Japan as a VHS tape by {{nihongo|Pioneer LDC|パイオニアLDC}} in July 1998{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005FZAC|title=遠雷 (VHS)|date=24 July 1998 |publisher=amazon.co.jp]|access-date=2011-11-25|language=ja}} and subsequently as a DVD in February 2008 by {{nihongo|Geneon Entertainment|ジェネオン エンタテインメント}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0011FNDX4?SubscriptionId=1PGV4GGGAXZ1AMXAKKG2&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0011FNDX4|title=遠雷 (DVD)|date=22 February 2008|publisher= amazon.co.jp|access-date=2011-11-25|language=ja}}
Awards and nominations
3rd Yokohama Film Festival{{Cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/03-1981/03_1981_shou.html |script-title=ja:第３回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８１年日本映画個人賞|access-date= 2010-01-10|language= ja |publisher= Yokohama Film Festival}}
- Won: Best Director - Kichitaro Negishi
- Won: Best Screenplay - Haruhiko Arai
- Won: Best Cinematography - Shohei Ando
- Won: Best Actor - Toshiyuki Nagashima
6th Hochi Film Awards{{cite web|url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/table.htm|title=Hochi Awards Table|publisher=Cinema Hochi|access-date=2011-11-23|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130143450/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/table.htm|archive-date=2012-01-30}}
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Actor - Toshiyuki Nagashima
- Won: New Face Award - Eri Ishida
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1981/de003670.htm|title=Enrai |publisher= JMDB|language=ja}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=147838|title=Enrai at AllCinema|language=ja}}
- {{IMDb title|0216738}}
{{Kichitaro Negishi}}
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Category:Films directed by Kichitaro Negishi
Category:1980s Japanese-language films
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