Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin) is a Japanese film released in 2014. It was directed by Takashi Shimizu and based on the children's fantasy novel of the same name.[2][3][4]
| Kiki's Delivery Service | |
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 Promotional release poster | |
| Directed by | Takashi Shimizu |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on | Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono |
| Produced by | Haruo Umekawa |
| Starring | Fūka Koshiba Ryōhei Hirota |
| Cinematography | Sohei Tanikawa[1] |
| Edited by | Ayumu Takahashi[1] |
| Music by | Taro Iwashiro[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toei Company Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan[1] |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
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A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Cast
- Fuka Koshiba as Kiki
- Ryōhei Hirota as Tombo
- Machiko Ono as Osono, the baker
- Hiroshi Yamamoto as Fukuo, her husband
- Miho Kanazawa as Saki
- Rie Miyazawa as Kokiri
- Michitaka Tsutsui as Okino
- Minako Kotobuki as voice of Jiji the cat[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
- Tadanobu Asano as Dr. Ishi
- LiLiCo as voice of radio DJ
Release
Kiki's Delivery Service was released in Japan on March 1, 2014.[1] It was the third highest-grossing film on its release in Japan, making ¥128 million (US$1.25 million) from 117,000 admissions on 281 screens.[14]
Reception
Film Business Asia gave the film a four out of ten rating, referring to the film as "bland, charmless and undramatic".[1] The review stated that actress Fuka Koshiba was "way too mature for the 13-year-old, waifish Kiki and has a forced perkiness that drags the action down" and stated that "the visual and special effects are more run-of-the-mill 20th century than state-of-the-art 21st".[1] Variety gave the film a negative review, finding "its charmless heroine, leaden storytelling and dime-store production values unlikely to bewitch anyone except tiny tots."[15]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Elley, Derek (March 2, 2014). "Kiki's Delivery Service". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Live-Action Kiki's Delivery Service's Teaser Video Streamed". Anime News Network. 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ^ "More of Live-Action Kiki's Delivery Service Cast Revealed in Costume". Anime News Network. 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ^ "Live-Action Kiki's Delivery Service Film's New Images Feature Tonbo, Osono". Anime News Network. January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ "K-ON's Kotobuki Plays Jiji in Live-Action Kiki's Delivery Service". Anime News Network. January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ "Voice Actor For Gigi In "Kiki's Delivery Service" Live-Action Film Announced". Crunchyroll. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "実写版「魔女の宅急便」黒猫ジジは「けいおん！」寿美菜子！" (in Japanese). Ameba News. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "映画『魔女の宅急便』ジジのキャストがけいおんの紬役でおなじみの寿美菜子さんに決定！ 寿さんのコメントも大紹介！" (in Japanese). Animate Times. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "実写『魔女の宅急便』ジジ役は「けいおん」声優・寿美菜子！" (in Japanese). Cinema Today. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "実写『魔女の宅急便』、ジジの声は『けいおん!』寿美菜子!「"男の子"意識」" (in Japanese). Cinema Today. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "実写版「魔女の宅急便」黒猫ジジは「けいおん！」寿美菜子！" (in Japanese). Eiga.com. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "「魔女の宅急便」 寿美菜子が黒猫ジジの声 キキとの2ショットも初公開" (in Japanese). Animeanime.jp. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "「魔女の宅急便」 寿美菜子が黒猫ジジの声 キキとの2ショットも初公開" (in Japanese). Excite Japan. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ Ma, Kevin (March 4, 2014). "The Hobbit tops Japan box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ Lee, Maggie (March 1, 2014). "Kiki's Delivery Service". Variety. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Kiki's Delivery Service at IMDb
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