I Are You, You Am Me

I Are You, You Am Me (Japanese: 転校生, Hepburn: Tenkōsei), also known as Exchange Students, is a 1982 Japanese fantasy film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Obayashi himself directed and co-wrote a second film based on the same novel, premiered in 2007 and titled Switching: Goodbye Me (転校生-さよなら あなた-, Tenkōsei: Sayonara Anata).[1]

Tenkōsei
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji転校生
Literal meaningTransfer student(s)
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnTenkōsei
Directed byNobuhiko Obayashi
Written byWataru Kenmotsu
StarringSatomi Kobayashi
Toshinori Omi
Production
companies
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • April 17, 1982 (1982-04-17)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Cast

  • Toshinori Omi as Kazuo Saitō
  • Satomi Kobayashi as Kazumi Saitō
  • Makoto Satō as Akio Saitō (father of Kazuo)
  • Kirin Kiki as Naoko Saitō (mother of Kazuo)
  • Jō Shishido as Kouzou Saitō (father of Kazumi)
  • Wakaba Irie as Chie Saitō (Mother of Kazumi)
  • Masuno Takahashi as Masuno Saitō (Grandma)
  • Munenori Iwamoto as Masaaki Kaneko
  • Daisuke Ohyama as Kenji Sakui
  • Etsuko Shihomi as Mitsuko Ono

Goodbye Me Cast

Awards

4th Yokohama Film Festival[2]

  • Won: Best Film
  • Won: Best Screenplay – Wataru Kenmochi
  • Won: Best Newcomer – Satomi Kobayashi

References

  1. "JFDB – Switching –Goodbye Me–". UniJapan. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. 第4回ヨコハマ映画祭 1982年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-01-09.


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