Aiko 16 sai
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| Directed by | Akiyoshi Imazeki |
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| Based on | 1980 Aiko 16 sai by Akemi Hotta |
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| Cinematography | Hideo Hara[1] |
| Edited by | Nobutake Kamiya[1] |
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| Distributed by | Kadokawa Herald |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Aiko 16 sai (Japanese: アイコ十六歳, Hepburn: Aiko jûroku-sai) is a 1983 Japanese teen drama film co-written and directed by Akiyoshi Imazeki.[2][3] It is based on the novel 1980 Aiko 16 sai by Akemi Hotta. Nobuhiko Obayashi is credited as an executive producer on the film.[1] The film's score was composed by Keisuke Kuwata and his band Southern All Stars.[1]
Premise
A story depicting the life of Aiko Mita (Yasuko Tomita), a girl living in Nagoya who is part of her school's archery club. On her way home from the first semester closing ceremony, Aiko sees a guy she once dated in middle school. She hasn't been in contact with him since graduating from middle school, but decides to re-establish ties. Later, during second semester, an experienced archery champion named Aiko Shimazaki (Misako Konno) joins the team. While everyone aspires to be more like Shimazaki, it is soon discovered that she had once been pregnant and was suicidal. Aiko befriends Shimazaki while training to become an archery champion herself.
Cast
- Yasuko Tomita as Aiko Mita
- Yumiko Fujita as Yoshiko Mita
- Hiroshi Inuzuka as Shiro Mita
- Yuki Matsushita as Reiko
- Misako Konno as Aiko Shimazaki
- Misa Kawai as Beniko Hanaoka
- Yumi Asano as Motoko
- Sakae Igami as Shihono
- Shiro Kishibe as Yutaka Hashimoto
- Akiko Kitamura as Ikuyo Yano
- Yukio Miyagi as Uncle
- Reiko Miyoshi as Kyoko Okamoto
- Yûji Mori as Fukuhara
- Kiyoshi Namikata as Jiro Moriwaki
- Tatsuya Oka as Ryota Kawano
- Toru Sakai as Aitsu
- Kumi Shigemitsu as Nurse
- Tsurube Shofukutei as Police
- Hanae Shôji as Auntie
Production
Both Yasuko Tomita and Yuki Matsushita made their acting debuts in this film.
Awards
For her performance in the film, Yasuko Tomita won the Award for Best Newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival and at the 8th Japan Academy Awards.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Aiko 16 years old (1983)". www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ アイコ十六歳. Kinema Junpo Film Database (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ アイコ十六歳 (1983). Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ 第６回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８４年日本映画個人賞. Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
- ^ 第8回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品. Japan Academy Film Prize (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-27.
External links
- Aiko 16 sai at IMDb