Seven Weeks

{{Infobox film | name = Seven Weeks | image = Seven Weeks poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Film poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|Japanese|野のなななのか}} | director = Nobuhiko Obayashi | producer = | writer = | starring = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2014|03|02|YIFFF|2014|05|17|Japan}} | runtime = 171 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = | gross = }} {{Nihongo|'''''Seven Weeks'''''|野のなななのか|No no nanananoka|lead=yes}} is a Japanese drama film, produced in 2014, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. The film stars Tōru Shinagawa, Takako Tokiwa, Tokie Hidari, Takehiro Murata, Yutaka Matsushige, Shunsuke Kubozuka, Saki Terashima and Hirona Yamazaki. The screenplay by Obayashi and Tadashi Naito was based on the story by Koji Hasegawa.<ref name="Lee">{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/seven-weeks-review-nobuhiko-obayashi-1201511929/|title=Film Review: 'Seven Weeks'|last=Lee|first=Maggie|date=2015-06-10|work=Variety|access-date=2017-08-16|language=en-US}}</ref> The residents of the small northern town of Ashibetsu, where the film was set, helped fund the film.<ref name="JapanSociety">"Seven Weeks – Film Review – The Japan Society " http://www.japansociety.org/event/seven-weeks-1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512165204/https://www.japansociety.org/event/seven-weeks-1 |date=2021-05-12 }}</ref><ref>"Yubari-2014-exclusive-interview-house-director-obayashi-nobuhiko-talks-seven-weeks" http://screenanarchy.com/2014/03/yubari-2014-exclusive-interview-house-director-obayashi-nobuhiko-talks-seven-weeks-and-the-art-of-ci.html</ref>

== Plot == The film examines such issues as Japan's wartime responsibility, the current nuclear fallout issue, and romance. The director, Nobuhiko Obayashi, has referred to the film as "Guernica in moving images."<ref name="Lee" /> The film's story follows the funeral of Mitsuo Suzuki, where the family, including his sister Eiko; grandchildren Fuyuki, Haruhiko, Akito, Kanna; and his great-granddaughter Kasane<ref name="Lee" /> all meet to discuss his death. Much of the film focuses on flashbacks to Suzuki's youth, and covers the history of the town of Ashibetsu during the 1930s. The film crisscrosses the stories of a dozen different characters, from different decades.<ref name="JapanSociety" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flixist.com/review-seven-weeks-nononanananoka--220169.phtml |title=Review: Seven Weeks (Nononanananoka) - Flixist |website=www.flixist.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125154929/http://www.flixist.com/review-seven-weeks-nononanananoka--220169.phtml |archive-date=2016-01-25}} </ref>

== Cast == The film stars * Tōru Shinagawa * Takako Tokiwa * Tokie Hidari * Takehiro Murata * Yutaka Matsushige * Shunsuke Kubozuka * Saki Terashima * Hirona Yamazaki.

== Production == The residents of the small northern town of Ashibetsu, where the film was set, helped fund the film, which resulted in the film having a small budget.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/the-best-japanese-filmmaker-youve-never-heard-of-52222/|title=The Best Japanese Filmmaker You've Never Heard Of {{!}} IndieWire|last=Walkow|first=Marc|website=www.indiewire.com|date=18 November 2015|language=en|access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref>

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Category:2014 drama films Category:2014 films Category:Japanese films based on plays Category:Japanese drama films Category:Films directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi Category:Films scored by Kousuke Yamashita Category:2014 Japanese films Category:2014 Japanese-language films Category:Japanese-language drama films