Tobira no Moku = Left handed / SIZE and Growth Films present ; producer, Takao Saiki ; screenwriter/director, Laurence Thrush.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Saiki, Takao, producer.
• Thrush, Laurence, screenwriter, producer.
• Negishi, Kenta, actor.
• Innami, Masako, actor.
• Furusawa, Takeshi, actor.
• Oguri, Kento, actor.
• Pan American (Musical group), composer.
• SIZE (Firm), producer, distributor.
• Growth Film (Firm), producer, distributor.

Language:

• English
• Japanese

Subjects (All):

• Teenage boys--Japan--Tokyo--Drama.
• Mental illness--Social aspects--Japan--Tokyo--Drama.
• Mental illness--Social aspects.
• Teenage boys.
• Japan--Tokyo.

Genre:

• Social problem films.
• Feature films.
• Motion pictures, Japanese.
• Motion pictures, United States.
• Drama.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
• monochrome

Edition:

[Widescreen presentation].

Other Title:

• Left handed
• Left-handed

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : SIZE, [2012]

Language Note:

In Japanese with subtitles in English.

System Details:

• DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
• digital
• optical
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video
• region 1

Summary:

In a Tokyo suburb, a disaffected teenage boy, Hiroshi, is struggling at school, socially and academically. One day, in a fit of what the Japanese call Hikikomori, he shuts himself away in his bedroom and for the next two years refuses to come out or let anyone in. Hiroshi's parents are so ashamed that they attempt to conceal his condition from family and friends.

Participant:

Kenta Negishi, Masako Innami, Takeshi Furusawa, Kento Oguri.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Gary Young; music, Pan American.

Notes:

• Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2008.
• Cataloged from English language elements of opening and closing credits and English language elements of container.
• Aspect ratio: 16:9.

OCLC:

821611530