Summary
Setsuko is a single, emotionally unfulfilled woman, seemingly stuck with a drab, meaningless life in Tokyo. At least until she's convinced by her niece, Mika to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named "Lucy". This new identity awakens something dormant in Setsuko, and she quickly develops romantic feelings for her American instructor, John. When John suddenly disappears from class and Setsuko learns that he and her niece were secretly dating, Setsuko enlists the help of her sister, Ayako and the pair fly halfway across the world to the outskirts of Southern California in search of the runaway couple. In a brave new world of tattoo parlors and seedy motels, family ties and past lives are tested as Setsuko struggles to preserve the dream and promise of "Lucy".Additional Information
| Subjects |
Teacher-student relationships
-- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Missing persons -- Drama. Japanese -- California -- Drama. Comedy films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [New York, N.Y.] :Film Movement,2018 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
West, Han,
film producer. Kito, Yukie, film producer. Elbaum, Jessica, film producer. Hirayanagi, Atsuko, film producer, screenwriter, film director. Frumin, Boris, 1947- screenwriter. Terajima, Shinobu, 1972- actor. Minami, Kaho, 1964- actor. Kutsuna, Shioli, actor. Yakusho, Kōji, actor. Hartnett, Josh, 1978- actor. Friedlander, Erik, composer. Film Movement (Firm), prensenter, publisher. Matchgirl Pictures, production company. Gloria Sanchez Productions, production company. Meridian Content (Firm), production company. |
| Participants/Performers |
Shinobu Terajima, Kaho Minami, Shioli Kutsuna, Koji Yakusho, Josh Hartnett. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Paula Huidobro ; editor, Kate Hickey ; music, Erik Friedlander. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English Japanese In English and Japanese; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. Bonus features: New York Asian Film Festival chat interview with director Atsuko Hirayanagi; deleted scenes. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; all regions; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound and 2.0 stereo. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |