World of Delight

World of Delight
Poster
Japanese name
Kanjiレインツリーの国
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnReintsurī no Kuni
Directed byYoshishige Miyake
Screenplay byChiho Watanabe[1]
Based onRaintree no Kuni [ja]
by Hiro Arikawa
CinematographyHiroo Yanagida
Music byYugo Kannno
Distributed byShowgate[2]
Release date
  • November 21, 2015 (2015-11-21)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥124 million[2]

World of Delight (レインツリーの国, Reintsurī no Kuni, Raintree Country) is a 2015 Japanese youth romance film directed by Yoshishige Miyake.[2][3] It is based on the novel Raintree no Kuni [ja] by Hiro Arikawa.[2][3] It was released on November 21, 2015.[3]

This work is a love story between the main charactor, who is a normal hearing person, and the heroine who is the late-deafened.[4]Hiro Arikawa, the author of this work, had the experience of having her husband suffer sudden hearing loss twice, and fortunately, because he was treated quickly, he did not lose his hearing and was able to return to hearing, but this experience of hers would have gone into the image of a heroine who suffers from hearing loss.[5] There is an expression in the work where she is distressed because she cannot hear Nobuyuki's voice.[6]

  1. ^ "Japan Box Office Report – 11/21~11/22". Film Business Asia. November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Kevin Ma (November 25, 2015). "Local youth fares top Japan box office". Film Business Asia. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "レインツリーの国(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "感音性難聴を抱える女性という難役に挑んだ彼女に直撃インタビュー". deview (in Japanese). oricon. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  5. ^ "文学に見る障害者像". 障害保健福祉研究情報システム (2011–10). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  6. ^ "おわびのような". Nagasaki Shinbun (in Japanese). 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2024-05-28.