Movie: The Professor and His Beloved Equation
Romaji: Hakase no Aishita Sushiki
Japanese: 博士の愛した数式
Director: Takashi Koizumi
Writer: Takashi Koizumi (screenplay), Yoko Ogawa (novel)
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Release Date: January 21, 2006
Runtime: 117 min
Movie Studio: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
On the first day of class a young teacher enters an unruly room and begins his first lecture. To gain the students' attention he relates the story of what probably led him into a life of mathematics. Told via flashbacks, the young teacher goes back to a time, probably 20 years earlier, when his mother was hired to look after a professor who suffered brain damage in an auto accident. The brain damage didn't harm the personality of the man but limited his short- term memory to 80 minutes. The accident occurred 10 years earlier, in about 1975, up to that point the professor has a clear memory of events.
Cast
Akira Terao - Professor
Eri Fukatsu - Kyoko
Ryusei Saito - Root - young
Hidetaka Yoshioka - Root
Ruriko Asaoka - Professor's sister-in-law
Hisashi Igawa - Housekeeper Agent
Film Festivals
2010 (12th) Mumbai Film Festival - October 21-28, 2010 - Celebration of Japanese Cinema