Oh Lucy!
By: a Matchgirl Pictures production, with Gloria Sanchez Productions and Meridian Content ; an NHK Co-production ; a film by Atsuko Hirayangi ; directed by Atsuko Hirayangi ; written by Atsuko Hirayangi, Boris Frumin ; produced by han West, Yukie Kito, Jessica Elbaum, Atsuko Hirayangi
Contributors: Terajima, Shinobu, 1972- actor; Hartnett, Josh, 1978- actor; Minami, Kaho, 1964- actor; Kutsuna, Shioli, actor; Yakusho, Kōji, actor; Matchgirl Pictures; Gloria Sanchez Productions; Meridian Content (Firm); Film Movement (Firm)
Published: 2018
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Drama; Missing persons; Man-woman relationships; Teacher-student relationships; Japanese
Description: Setsuko is a single, emotionally unfulfilled woman, seemingly stuck with a drab, meaningless life in Tokyo. At least until she's convinced by her niece, Mika to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named "Lucy." This new identity awakens something dormant in Setsuko, and she quickly develops romantic feelings for her American instructor, John. When John suddenly disappears from class and Setsuko learns that he and her niece were secretly dating, Setsuko enlists the help of her sister, Ayako and the pair fly halfway across the world to the outskirts of Southern California in search of the runaway couple. In a brave new world of tattoo parlors and seedy motels, family ties and past lives are tested as Setsuko struggles to preserve the dream and promise of "Lucy."--Distributor website.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Bonus features: New York Asian Film Festival interview with director; deleted scenes; trailer.

Director of photography, Paula Huidobro ; editor, Kate Hickey ; music, Erik Friedlander ; music supervisors, Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe.

Shinobu Terajima (Setsuko/Lucy), Josh Hartnett (John), Shioli Kutsuna (Takeshi), Kaho Minami (Ayako), Koji Yakusho (Takeshi/Tom).

Not rated.

DVD; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby digital soundtracks.

In Japanese and English, with optional English SDH subtitles.