Harmful Insect (2001)
Gaichû
92 min
13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
- Release date
- March 16, 2002
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Trailer
Cast
- Aoi Miyazaki as Sachiko Kita
- Yû Aoi as Natsuko
- Ryô as Toshiko Kita
- Seiichi Tanabe as Ogata
- Yuria Haga as Rumi
- Yûsuke Iseya as Cofeeshop Guy
- Eihi Shiina as Music Teacher
- Tetsu Sawaki as Takao
- Ken Mitsuishi as Man with Cell Phone
- Takayo Mimura as Kazumi
- Kenjirô Ishimaru as Middle-Aged Man in Convenience Store
- Hôka Kinoshita as Truck Driver
- Nao Ōmori as Man at Love Hotel
- Susumu Terajima as Male Teacher
- Masahiro Toda as Ogata's Colleague
- Yûsaku Suzuki as Hanasaka
- Mamoru Watanabe as Vagrant
- Ryô Amamiya as Tokugawa
- Koji Ishikawa as Kyuzo
- Yuri Yoneoka as Soko
Crew
- Akihiko Shiota · Director
- Kiyono Yayoi · Writer
- Takashi Hirano · Producer
- Satoshi Nakamura · Producer
- Hiroyuki Negishi · Producer
- Tokushô Kikumura · Cinematographer
- Yoshio Sugano · Editor
- Toshihiro Isomi · Production designer