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Southbound (サウスバウンド, Sausubaundo) is a 2007 Japanese movie directed by Yoshimitsu Morita and starring Toyokawa Etsushi and Yūki Amami. Based on the novel of the same name by Hideo Okuda, it tells the story of a schoolboy whose family moves from Tokyo to Okinawa.

It began filming in May 2007 in Tokyo; the crew went to Okinawa for on-location filming at the end of June. Its theme song is "Eien no Uta" by Nakashima Mika.

Cast

• Etsushi Toyokawa as 'Ichiro Uehara' (as a father who was an extremism activist)
• Yūki Amami as 'Sakura Uehara' (as a mother who was an extremism activist)
• Keiko Kitagawa as 'Yoko Uehara' (as a Sakura's daughter)
• Shuto Tanabe as 'Jiro Uehara' (as a Eldest son. 6th grade schoolboy. This movie's protagonist)
• Rina Matsumoto as 'Momoko Uehara' (as a Second daughter. 4th grade schoolgirl. She loves being bitten by her father)

• Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Officer 'Niigaki' (He fell in love with Yoko at first sight.)
• Mitsuru Hirata as the Principal
• Hideko Yoshida as Social Insurance Agency's Staff

References

1. サウスバウンド(2007) (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
2. "豊川さんら熱演 サウスバウンド撮影好調 (Enthusiastic performance from Toyokawa; Southbound's filming going well)". Ryūkyū Shimpō. July 17, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2007.
3. "インタビュー – 奥田英朗 (Interview – Okuda Hideo)" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. July 13, 2005. Retrieved September 10, 2007.
4. "中島美嘉、ニューシングル「永遠の詩」映画主題歌決定 (Nakashima Mika's new single "Eien no Uta" to be used as movie theme song)" (in Japanese). Barks. August 8, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2007.

External links

• South Bound at IMDb

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