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I Are You, You Am Me

6.419821h 53mMovieComedyDrama

9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.

DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
WriterWataru Kenmotsu
ProducersShosuke Taga·Michio Morioka

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Cast · Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi

SKSatomi Kobayashi
Satomi Kobayashi
Kazumi Saitoh
TOToshinori Omi
Toshinori Omi
Kazuo Saitoh
MSMakoto Satō
Makoto Satō
Akio Saitoh
KKKirin Kiki
Kirin Kiki
Naoko Saitoh
JSJoe Shishido
Joe Shishido
Kouzou Saitoh
WIWakaba Irie
Wakaba Irie
Chie Saitoh
ESEtsuko Shihomi
Etsuko Shihomi
Mitsuko Ono
SI
Sayuri Ishibashi
Girl Student 'C'
MA
Maki Akita
Girl Student 'B'
MH
Masae Hayashi
Akemi Yoshino
KH
Kiyoshi Hitomi
Innkeeper
KI
Kouichi Inoue
Jiroh Saitoh

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