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Southbound (2007)

Release Date: October 6, 2007

Director: Morita Yoshimitsu

Cast: Yuki Amami, Etsushi Toyokawa, Shuto Tanabe, Rina Matsumoto, Kenichi Matsumaya, Mitsuru Hirata

   Southbound (「サウスバウンド」) is a family film based on the award winning novel by Hideo Okuda. The film is told through the eyes of the son of the Uehara family, Jiro (Shuto Tanabe), as he and his family is moved from their home in Tokyo, to a rural area in Okinawa. When Jiro is having trouble with bullying in school and his father Ichiro (Etsushi Toyokawa) runs into trouble with the injustice of the government, Jiro's mother Sakura (Yuki Amami), suggests the family move to Okinawa where they'll be near other family members and away from the stress of the city. Everyone in the family readily agrees except for Yoko, the oldest daughter of the Uehara family, who is tired of her brother's bad behavior and her father's crazy antics. She'd rather live on her own but she tags along anyway.
   Once in Okinawa the Uehara family take over an abandoned farmhouse to call their new home, meet the friendly locals, and begin happily settling into their new home. However, the Okinawa police begin to pay visits and sneaky developers plan to steal their house and land. In a heartwarming comedy/ family tale about fighting for ones rights, the Uehara family unite as one to fight for their land.

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Yoko Uehara

  Yoko is the eldest daughter of the Uehara family who is plain, straightforward, and all business. She is embarrassed by her father's radical views and would rather move out the house and live as far away from her family as possible. Despite her complaints, when her mother suggests that the family move to Okinawa, she tags along and discovers that being with her family isn't so bad after all.



 

   

Mika Nakashima + ♪♫ Eien no Uta♫♪

   The theme song to "Southbound" is called "Eien no Uta" and is sung by Japanese award winning singer and actress, Mika Nakashima. The song is calming and beautiful with jazz infused into reggae rhythms---very fitting for the Okinawa setting of the movie. Mika has one of the most unique voices Japan has to offer and this song is by far one of my absolute favorites released for a movie Keiko appears in. "Eien no Uta" debuted in the number 5 spot of the Oricon Music Chart selling 24, 146 copies in total.

Mika Nakashima- Eien no Uta

01. Eien no Uta (watch the PV)
02. YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO
03. Eien no Uta (instrumental)

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