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Eien no 1/2 (永遠の1/2, Eien no ni-bun-no-ichi), literally Half of Eternity, is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi.

Synopsis

An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things then begin to happen to him, including a beating from the local yakuza.

Cast

• Saburō Tokitō
• Shinobu Otake
• Tomoko Nakajima
• Fukuko Sayo (小夜福子)
• Kazuko Yoshiyuki
• Takuzo Kawatani
• Masahiko Tsugawa
• Satomi Kobayashi
• Toshiya Fujita

Background

The film is based on the novel by Shogō Satō (佐藤正午).

Awards

9th Yokohama Film Festival

• Won: Best Actor - Saburō Tokitō
• Won: 4th Best Film

12th Hochi Film Awards

• Won: Best Actress - Shinobu Otake

References

1. ^ "永遠の１／２" (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
2. "第９回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８７年日本映画個人賞" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
3. "１９８７年度 日本映画ベストテン" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
4. "報知映画賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-01-26.

External links

• "Eien no 1/2" (in Japanese). JMDB.
• "Eien no 1/2 at All Cinema" (in Japanese).
• Eien no 1/2 at IMDb

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