Nana 2
| Nana 2 | |
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| Directed by | Kentarō Ōtani |
| Written by | Ai Yazawa Kentarō Ōtani Taeko Asano |
| Based on | Nana byAi Yazawa |
| Produced by | Osamu Kubota Toshiaki Nakazawa |
| Starring | Mika Nakashima Yui Ichikawa Hiroki Narimiya Kanata Hongo Yuna Ito and more |
| Cinematography | Kazuhiro Suzuki |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Nana 2is a 2006 Japanese drama film directed by Kentarō Ōtani and adapted fromthe mangabyAi Yazawa.It is the sequel to the 2005 filmNana.Production for the movie began in mid-September and only one and a half month shootings finished the movie in time for the December 9, 2006 release.
Synopsis
[edit]Taking place shortly after the end of the first film,Nana 2focuses more on Nana K. and her love life. Romance develops between Nana K. and Trapnest's bassist Takumi as well as with the Black Stones' guitarist Nobu. Meanwhile, Nana O. works hard for her band while trying to find happiness. Both girls struggle through life, and try to keep their friendship from falling apart.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Nana Osaki:Mika Nakashima
- Nobuo Terashima:Hiroki Narimiya
- Shinichi Okazaki:Kanata Hongo
- Yasushi Takagi:Tomomi Maruyama
- Nana Komatsu:Yui Ichikawa
- Reira Serizawa:Yuna Ito
- Ren Honjo:Nobuo Kyo
- Takumi Ichinose:Tetsuji Tamayama
- Naoki Fujieda:Momosuke Mizutani
- Kyosuke Takakura:Takehisa Takayama
- Junko Saotome:Anna Nose
- Shoji Endo:Yūta Hiraoka
- Mr. Kawano:Seiichi Tanabe
- Miss Sakagami:Rumi Shishido
- Sachiko Kawamura:Saeko
- Mizukoshi:Kazuma Suzuki
- Natsuko Komatsu:Yoshiko Miyazaki
- Yokoi:Tetsuhiro Ikeda
- Satô Kôichi:Mickey Koga
- Nami Komatsu:Natsuki Okamoto
- Nao Komatsu:Mieko Kon'ya
Casting
[edit]Several actors who portrayed characters in the previous film did not return forNana 2.Aoi Miyazakideclined to reprise the role of Nana Komatsu, and was replaced by actressYui Ichikawa.Ryuhei Matsudadeclined to play the role of Ren and was replaced withNobuo Kyo.Kenichi Matsuyama,who portrayed Shinichi Okazaki, was replaced byHongo Kanata.
Theatrical release
[edit]Even though both theme songs were released ahead ( "Hitoiro" of Nana starring Mika Nakashima on November 29, 2006 and "Truth" of Reira starring Una Ito on December 6, 2006), the movie could only hit the #4 spot on the Movie Charts, from its release December 9, 2006 onward, and overall had very weak and low ratings. Many fans claimed that the exchange of main cast members led to the disappointing statistics.
On December 18,Nana 2made its international debut inNew York City,United States. New York - Tokyo brought the main actressesMika NakashimaandYui Ichikawato the limited seated IFC Cinema. The movie was well received by fans.
Theme songs
[edit]Nana 2once again featured the two artistsMika NakashimaandYuna Ito,releasing songs under the names Nana starring Mika Nakashima and Reira starring Yuna Ito, respectively.
Nana, starring Mika Nakashima's new single "Hitoiro"featured Takuro ofGlayas composer and Nana authorYazawa Aias the lyricist again. It did not do as well as its predecessor "Glamorous Sky," peaking at only #5 on the Oricon charts. Two weeks after the release of the single, however, Nana starring Mika Nakashima released her first and last album,The End,which managed to rank at #2 on theOriconcharts.
Reira, starring Yuna Ito's "Truth"had no more luck than Nakashima's new single, ranking in only at the tenth place on theOriconcharts. The music video of the single was filmed in Scotland and used as scenes of the film. Neither of the singles were as record-setting as their predecessors.
References
[edit]- ^Driscoll, Nicholas (17 January 2009)."Review: Nana 2 (2006)".Toho Kingdom.Archived fromthe originalon 20 June 2017.Retrieved2024-02-26.
External links
[edit]- Official Websiteat theWayback Machine(archived 2008-11-08) (Japanese)
- NANA2at JFDB
- Nana 2atIMDb