I Are You, You Am Me

1982 Japanese film
Tenkōsei
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji転校生
Literal meaningTransfer student(s)
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnTenkōsei
Directed byNobuhiko Obayashi
Written byWataru Kenmotsu
StarringSatomi Kobayashi
Toshinori Omi
Production
companies
Art Theatre Guild
Nippon Television
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • April 17, 1982 (1982-04-17)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

I Are You, You Am Me (Japanese: 転校生, Hepburn: Tenkōsei), also known as Exchange Students, is a 1982 Japanese fantasy film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Obayashi himself directed and co-wrote a second film based on the same novel, premiered in 2007 and titled Switching: Goodbye Me (転校生－さよなら あなた－, Tenkōsei: Sayonara Anata).[1]

Cast

  • Toshinori Omi as Kazuo Saitō
  • Satomi Kobayashi as Kazumi Saitō
  • Makoto Satō as Akio Saitō (father of Kazuo)
  • Kirin Kiki as Naoko Saitō (mother of Kazuo)
  • Jō Shishido as Kouzou Saitō (father of Kazumi)
  • Wakaba Irie as Chie Saitō (Mother of Kazumi)
  • Masuno Takahashi as Masuno Saitō (Grandma)
  • Munenori Iwamoto as Masaaki Kaneko
  • Daisuke Ohyama as Kenji Sakui
  • Etsuko Shihomi as Mitsuko Ono

Goodbye Me Cast

Awards

4th Yokohama Film Festival[2]

  • Won: Best Film
  • Won: Best Screenplay – Wataru Kenmochi
  • Won: Best Newcomer – Satomi Kobayashi

References

  1. ^ "JFDB – Switching –Goodbye Me–". UniJapan. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. ^ 第４回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８２年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-01-09.

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