Paco and the Magical Book

Paco and the Magical Book
Paco and the Magical Book
	Film Poster
Japanese	パコと魔法の絵本
Hepburn	Pako to Mahō no Ehon
Directed by	Tetsuya Nakashima
Written by	Hirohito Goto original play, Nobuhiro Monma, Tetsuya Nakashima screenplay
Produced by	Yutaka Suzuki
Starring	Kōji Yakusho, Ayaka Wilson, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Cinematography	Shoichi Ato, Atsushi Ozawa
Edited by	Yoshiyuki Koike
Music by	Gabriele Roberto
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	September 13, 2008;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$22,679,633

Paco and the Magical (Picture) Book (パコと魔法の絵本, Pako to Mahō no Ehon) is a 2008 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on a play by Hirohito Gotō.

It was shown at the Munich Asian Filmfest in 2008^[2] and has been nominated for three awards for the 2009 Asian Film Awards.^[3] Actors Kōji Yakusho and Ayaka Wilson and director Tetsuya Nakashima have been nominated for the 2008 Japanese Academy Award.^[4]

Synopsis[]

The movie is set in a hospital where "strange" people are sent.

One of the older, gruffer patients, is Onuki, a business owner who is sent to the hospital after a heart attack, thinks little of the other hospital patients, and hopes to die without being remembered by such "worthless" people. Another patient, a young girl named Paco, is in the hospital due to a memory disorder- she can only remember the events of one day at a time. Each day she reads a pop-up children's book, and often asks Onuki to read to her. Each day it is a new story for her.

Eventually, the two of them develop a friendship, and Onuki decides to enlist the help of the other people in the hospital to perform a play of the book, hoping it will help Paco.

Cast[]

Ōnuki (Prince Gama): Kōji Yakusho
Paco: Ayaka Wilson
Muromachi (the demon crawfish): Satoshi Tsumabuki
Tamako (the ricefish): Anna Tsuchiya
Horigome (the dragonfly larva): Sadao Abe
Kōichi (the water strider): Ryō Kase
Masami (the swamp shrimp witch): Eiko Koike
Ryūmonji (the whirligig beetle): Takaya Yamauchi
Kinomoto (Queen Gama): Jun Kunimura
Takita (the fish): Gekidan Hitori
Asano (the pond snail): Takaya Kamikawa

References[]

^ "Paco and the Magical Picture Book". Boxofficemojo. Retrieved March 04, 2012.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2009-02-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://us.imdb.com/title/tt1056435/awards
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2009-02-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

Official Site (in Japanese)
Paco and the Magical (Picture) Book at IMDb

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[Boxofficemojo-1] "Paco and the Magical Picture Book". Boxofficemojo. Retrieved March 04, 2012.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2009-02-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttps://us.imdb.com/title/tt1056435/awards

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2009-02-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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