JUDGE! - New Comedy from Shochiku | Asian Cinema

JUDGE! - New Comedy from Shochiku

Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: judge-movie.com (Japan)

JUDGE! (????!, Jajji!) is an original comedy from Satoshi Nagai, a young up-coming director who has made many popular TV commercials in Japan. The film stars Satoshi Tsumabuki (VILLAIN, TOKYO FAMILY, THE KIYOSU CONFERENCE) and Keiko Kitagawa (HANDSOME SUIT, THE AFTER-DINNER MYSTERIES, ROOMMATE). Kiichiro Ota (Satoshi Tsumabuki), a lazy employee for the top advertising agency in Japan, is ordered by his boss to embark on a special mission. Ota is to attend Santa Monica International Advertising Festival --the world`s largest advertisement award festival -- as a judge and win the Grand Prix award for his company`s TV ad. To help in his lobbying activities, Ota must attend festival parties every night. So he is forced to attend the festival with Hikari Ota (Keiko Kitagawa) -- another employee who happens to have the same last name -- who will act as Kiichiro`s wife. Kiichiro soon finds out that he will be fired if he doesn`t win the Grand Prix. In order to save his job, he partners with Hikari, and the fake couple engage in a series of outrageous tactics to win the other jurors` votes. Credits Japanese Theatrical Release Date: January 11, 2014 Cast Kiichiro Ota: Satoshi Tsumabuki Hikari Ota: Keiko Kitagawa Kagami: Lily Franky Haruka Kizawa: Kyoka Suzuki Ichiro Otaki: Etsushi Toyokawa Carlos: Yoshiyoshi Arakawa Kiichiro’s Ex-Girlfriend: Ayumi Ito Tatsuya: Tetsuji Tamayama GenTsu Senior Employee: Ryo Kase GenTsu President: Morio Kazama Harada: Hyunri Izawa: Yoji Tanaka Chikuwado President: Denden Son of Chikuwado President: Kenta Hamano Commercial Director: Yuichi Kimura Acebook Publicist: Morio Agata Accountant: Iyo Matsumoto Staff Director: Satoshi Nagai Screenplay: Yoshimitsu Sawamoto Film Production: "Judge!" Production Committee Distributor: Shochiku Co., Ltd. International Sales: Shochiku Co., Ltd. © 2014 "Judge!" Production Committee