Bunny Drop (film)

Bunny Drop
Poster promoting Bunny Drop in Japan
Directed bySabu
Screenplay bySabu
Tamio Hayashi
Story byYumi Unita
Based onBunny Drop
by Yumi Unita
Produced byHitoshi Matsumoto
Yasushi Utagawa
StarringKenichi Matsuyama
Karina
Mana Ashida
CinematographyHiroo Yanagida
Edited byNaoya Bandō
Music byTakashi Mori
Shoko Suzuki (Theme song "Sweet Drops" by Puffy)
Distributed byShowgate
Release dates
  • June 2011 (2011-06) (Shanghai Festival)
  • 20 August 2011 (2011-08-20) (Japan)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$6,569,857[1]

Bunny Drop (うさぎドロップ, Usagi Doroppu), also known as Usagi Drop, is a 2011 Japanese drama film based on the manga of the same name by Yumi Unita.[2] The film is directed by Sabu, and the screenplay was done by both Sabu and scriptwriter Tamio Hayashi.[2] Bunny Drop stars actor Kenichi Matsuyama, who plays Daikichi, an office worker and a single man.[3] Child actress Mana Ashida also plays Rin, a six-year-old illegitimate child of Daikichi's grandfather, in the film.[3]

Bunny Drop made its international debut at the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival, where it was warmly received.[4] It was subsequently released in Japanese cinemas on 20 August 2011.[2][4]

  1. ^ "Usagi Drop box office gross". IMDB, Inc. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "うさぎドロップ on eiga.com". eiga.com (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b ショウゲート、2011年度ラインナップ. eiga.com (in Japanese). eiga.com. 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b "松山ケンイチ&SABU監督が上海映画祭にサプライズ登壇". PIA Corporation (in Japanese). PIA Corporation. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.