# Seven Weeks

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{{Infobox film
| name = Seven Weeks
| image = Seven Weeks poster.jpg
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| caption = Film poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|Japanese|野のなななのか}}
| director = [Nobuhiko Obayashi](/source/Nobuhiko_Obayashi)
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| released = {{Film date|2014|03|02|[YIFFF](/source/Yubari_International_Fantastic_Film_Festival)|2014|05|17|Japan}}
| runtime = 171 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
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{{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](/source/Nobuhiko_Obayashi). The film stars Tōru Shinagawa, [Takako Tokiwa](/source/Takako_Tokiwa), Tokie Hidari, Takehiro Murata, [Yutaka Matsushige](/source/Yutaka_Matsushige), Shunsuke Kubozuka, Saki Terashima and [Hirona Yamazaki](/source/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](/source/Ashibetsu%2C_Hokkaido), 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](/source/Ashibetsu%2C_Hokkaido) 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](/source/Takako_Tokiwa)
* Tokie Hidari
* Takehiro Murata
* [Yutaka Matsushige](/source/Yutaka_Matsushige)
* Shunsuke Kubozuka
* Saki Terashima
* [Hirona Yamazaki](/source/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>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=3506606}}

{{Nobuhiko Obayashi}}

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

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