The Story of PuPu (プープーの物語, PūPū no monogatari) is a 1998 Japanese film written and directed by Kensaku Watanabe and starring Sakura Uehara and Reiko Matsuo. The story follows two anarchistic girls on a road trip to visit the grave of a piglet named PuPu. It is Watanabe's directorial debut. Cult film director Seijun Suzuki appears in a small role.[2]
| The Story of PuPu | |
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 Promotional card | |
| Directed by | Kensaku Watanabe[1] |
| Written by | Kensaku Watanabe |
| Produced by | Masakazu Takei |
| Starring | Sakura Haruno Reiko Matsuo Seijun Suzuki Yoshio Harada |
| Cinematography | Naoto Muraishi |
| Edited by | Shinji Miura |
| Music by | Jun Miyake |
| Distributed by | Little More Co., Ltd |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast edit
- Sakura Uehara as Suzu
- Jun Kunimura as Kijima
- Tatsushi Omori as Gesuo
- Reiko Matsuo as Fu
- Yoshio Harada as Joji
- Seijun Suzuki as the old man
- Rei Yamanaka as Trunk Man
- Mitsuaki Tuda as Iruka
- Daizo Sakurai as the golfer
References edit
- ^ "Kensaku Watanabe". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "The History of PuPu". São Paulo International Film Festival. 1999. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
External links edit
- The Story of PuPu at IMDb
- The Story of PuPu at AllMovie
- The Story of PuPu (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
- Official website (in Japanese)
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