Eureka
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Shinji Aoyama
Kôji Yakusho
Aoi Miyazaki
Masaru Miyazaki
Sayuri Kokusho
Ken Mitsuishi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
On what begins as a quiet morning in southwest Japan, a crazed killer, apparently without motive, hijacks a city bus. In the ensuing carnage only three people survive--the driver, a schoolgirl and her older brother. After a long period away, the traumatized bus driver, Makoto, returns to his family only to find his wife has left him. The two siblings, Kozue and Naoki, have withdrawn further into silence since their mother left home to begin a new life and their father died in a car accident. Upon Makota's return to town, he reacquaints, himself with the orphaned children, Kozue and Naoki who are living alone in their family home. He moves into their house--filthy from neglect--and together with the orphans' cousin, a college student on vacation, they form a kind of quasi-family.
Director
Shinji Aoyama
Cast
Kôji Yakusho
Aoi Miyazaki
Masaru Miyazaki
Sayuri Kokusho
Ken Mitsuishi
Go Riju
Yutaka Matsushige
Sansei Shiomi
Kimie Shingyouji
Yoichiro Saito
Kimie Shingyogi
Crew
Shinji Aoyama
Shinji Aoyama
Shinji Aoyama
Shinji Aoyama
Philippe Avril
Lucius Barre
Nobuyuki Kikuchi
Sato Kumi
Yuzuru Sato
Takenori Sento
Aoyama Shinji
Aoyama Shinji
Shimizu Takeshi
Masaki Tamra
Isao Yamada
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of two awards, including the Fipresci Award for Best Film in an Official Section and the Ecumenical Award for Best Film, at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Limited Release in United States May 4, 2001
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States August 2001
Released in United States Spring May 4, 2001
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eyes of the World) August 12-26, 2001.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 22 - October 9, 2000.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.
Released as part of distribution package: "Shooting Gallery Film Series" (Loews Cineplex Entertainment). The package also includes "Too Much Sleep" (USA/1997), "Last Resort" (United Kingdom/2000), "The Low Down" (United Kingdom/2000), "The Day I Became A Woman" (Iran/2000), and "When Brendan Met Trudy" (United Kingdom/Ireland/USA/2000).
First of Sento's J-WORKS series to be adapted for the screen.
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 22 - October 9, 2000.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.)
Limited Release in United States May 4, 2001
Released in United States Spring May 4, 2001
Released in United States August 2001 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eyes of the World) August 12-26, 2001.)
