Oh Lucy! / a Matchgirl Pictures production, with Gloria Sanchez Productions and Meridian Content ; an NHK Co-production ; a film by Atsuko Hirayangi ; directed by Atsuko Hirayangi ; written by Atsuko Hirayangi, Boris Frumin ; produced by han West, Yukie Kito, Jessica Elbaum, Atsuko Hirayangi.

[New York, N.Y.] : Film Movement, [2018]

©2017

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Setsuko is a single, emotionally unfulfilled woman, seemingly stuck with a drab, meaningless life in Tokyo. At least until she's convinced by her niece, Mika to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named "Lucy." This new identity awakens something dormant in Setsuko, and she quickly develops romantic feelings for her American instructor, John. When John suddenly disappears from class and Setsuko learns that he and her niece were secretly dating, Setsuko enlists the help of her sister, Ayako and the pair fly halfway across the world to the outskirts of Southern California in search of the runaway couple. In a brave new world of tattoo parlors and seedy motels, family ties and past lives are tested as Setsuko struggles to preserve the dream and promise of "Lucy."--Distributor website.

Images / Video & Film

Japanese; English

September 19, 2018

Director of photography, Paula Huidobro ; editor, Kate Hickey ; music, Erik Friedlander ; music supervisors, Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe.

Shinobu Terajima (Setsuko/Lucy), Josh Hartnett (John), Shioli Kutsuna (Takeshi), Kaho Minami (Ayako), Koji Yakusho (Takeshi/Tom).

DVD; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby digital soundtracks.

Not rated.