Heartwarming movie starring popular actor Kentaro Sakaguchi (坂口健太郎)
STORY: Miyama (Kentaro Sakaguchi) is a bodyworker, who has the ability to see and feel spirits. He lives a peaceful life with his girlfriend Shiori (Mikako Ichikawa) and her daughter Mimi, and spirit of a man who has been following him for a while. One day he sees a musician on TV that looks exactly like the spirit. It turns out that he is Kusaka, a junior from highschool who looked up to Miyama. He’s now going out with Miyama’s ex-girlfriend, Riko (Asuka Saito) and making music borrowing poems Miyama wrote for Riko back then. Riko is the past Miyama had abandoned and he disappeared from her life due to a certain incident. But now, Kusaka wants to give back Riko to him… Second feature by director Chihiro Ito, produced by Isao Yukisada.
Side by Side
サイド バイ サイド 隣にいる人
2023/130min/G/ Japan
Director:Chihiro Ito (伊藤ちひろ）
Cast: Kentaro Sakaguchi (坂口健太郎) ”Signal: Long-Term Unsolved Case Investigation The Movie”, ”Masked Ward”, Asuka Saito (齋藤飛鳥), Kodai Asaka (浅香航大), Ameri Isomura (磯村アメリ), Mikako Ichikawa (市川実日子）
Staff:
Executive Producers: Keisuke Konishi Daisuke Kurata Shunsuke Koga Masaharu Sato Shinsuke Mae
Planning and Production: Isao Yukisada Producers: Shinji Ogawa Yasuyuki Niino
Music Producer: Kyoko Kitahara Cinematography: Tai Ohuchi Lighting: Kouken Jinno Sound: Masaya Kusakabe Sound Effect: Akihiko Okase (J.S.A.)Production Design: Naoka Fukushima Set Decoration: Yoshito Endo Costume:Sayaka Takahashi Mei Chigami Editing: Kazumi Wakimoto VFX Supervisor: Takeshi Shin Script Supervisor: Tomoko Oshida Assistant Director: Go Kinomoto Production Manager: Takashi Ookawa
Domestic release: April 14th, 2023