Movie: Twilight: Saya in Sasara (English title)
Romaji: Twilight Sasara Saya
Japanese: TWILIGHT ささらさや
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Writer: Tomoko Kano (novel), Yukiko Yamamuro, Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Producer: Yoichi Arishige, Yuichi Shibahara, Megumi Hoshino, Daisuke Kadoya, Keizo Yuri, Ken Honma, Yoshio Nakayama
Cinematographer: Hikaru Yasuda
Release Date: November 8, 2014
Runtime: 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Saya (Yui Aragaki) is a young widow mother. Her husband Yutaro (Yo Oizumi) died in an accident. Yutaro abandoned his wealthy family to marry Saya. To protect her baby, she goes to the town of Sasara where her aunt lived. Her aunt passed her house down to Saya. Saya and her baby settles down there, but she has difficulties dealing with her situation. At this time, her dead husband Yutaro borrows other people's bodies to help Saya, but Yutaro's family tries to take her baby away.
Notes
Based on the novel "Sasara Saya" by Tomoko Kano (published October, 2001 by Gentosha Inc.).
Filming finished May, 2014 at Nikkatsu Studio in Tokyo, Japan.
First time for actress Yui Aragaki to play a mother.
Cast
Yui Aragaki as Saya
Yo Oizumi as Yutaro
Aoi Nakamura as Sano
Rila Fukushima as Erica
Takeshi Tsuruno as Yoshio
Kuriko Namino as Kushiro
Yumiko Fujita as Tamako
Masao Komatsu as Teacher
Ryo Ishibashi as Yutaro's father
Sumiko Fuji as Onatsu
Additional Cast Members:
Kokoro Terada - Daiya