Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
{{Infobox film
| name = Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
| image = Sue, Mai & Sawa- Righting the Girl Ship poster.jpg
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| caption = Film poster
| director = Osamu Minorikawa
| producer = Yoshitaka Takeda
Kasumi Yao
| writer = Sachiko Tanaka
| based_on = {{based on|Su-chan|Miri Masuda}}
| starring =
| music = Shin Kono
Kasarinchu
| cinematography = Gen Kobayashi
| editing = Hidemi Ri
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| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2012|10|24|TIFF|2013|3|2|Japan}}
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
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| gross =
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{{Nihongo|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.{{cite web |url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/sue-mai-sawa-righting-the-girl-ship|title= Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship|author= Derek Elley|date= February 21, 2013|accessdate= October 4, 2014|work= Film Business Asia}}
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."
=Accolades=
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! Award ! Date ! Category ! Recipients and ! Result |
| rowspan="1"| Kinema Junpo Awards
| rowspan="1"| 2014{{cite web|url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/pecoross-tops-kinema-junpo-list|title= Pecoross tops Kinema Junpo list|author= Kevin Ma|date= January 9, 2014|access-date= October 4, 2014|work= Film Business Asia|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140613212825/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/pecoross-tops-kinema-junpo-list|archive-date= June 13, 2014}} | {{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://sumasa-movie.com/}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{IMDb title|2339675|Sû-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san}}
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