Kita Kita

Kita Kita
Theatrical release poster
EnglishI See You
Directed bySigrid Andrea Bernardo
Written bySigrid Andrea Bernardo
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byPiolo Pascual[1]
CinematographyBoy Yñiguez
Edited byMarya Ignacio
Music byArlene Flerida Calvo
Production
company
Viva Films

Spring Films

Sharo Entertainment Productions
Distributed byViva Films
Release dates
  • March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10) (Osaka Asian Film Festival)
  • July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) (Philippines)
Running time
95 minutes[2]
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino
Budget₱10 million[3]
Box office₱320 million[4][5]

Kita Kita (I See You; キタ キタ) is a 2017 Philippine romantic comedy film written and directed by Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo, and starring Alessandra de Rossi and Empoy Marquez. Set in Sapporo, Japan,[6] the film follows Lea (De Rossi), a Filipino tour guide living in Japan who goes blind after having witnessed her Japanese fiancé's infidelity. After a while, fellow Filipino and charmer Tonyo (Marquez) makes a sudden appearance and befriends the visually impaired Lea in the best possible ways; eventually, they fall for one another. The film is produced by Joyce Bernal and Piolo Pascual's Spring Films and distributed by Viva Films.

Kita Kita had its world premiere in Japan at the 12th Osaka Asian Film Festival in March 2017,[7] before a general release in the Philippines on July 19, 2017. The film received generally favorable reviews and has been deemed a sleeper hit,[11] grossing ₱100 million on its first week and ₱240 million the following week, on a modest budget of ₱10 million. Kita Kita ended its theatrical run with a worldwide gross of ₱320 million, making it the highest-grossing Philippine independent film.[5] Post-release, CNN Philippines considered Kita Kita to be one of the best romantic comedy films of the last 25 years.[12]

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  2. ^ "KITA KITA". Osaka Asian Film Festival. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
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  4. ^ "'Kita Kita' exceeds P300 million mark in box-office sales". Push. August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
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  6. ^ Flores, Karen (August 4, 2017). "Go on a Kita Kita tour of Sapporo, Japan". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  7. ^ Inquirer, Philippine Daily. "9 PH films in Osaka fest". Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  8. ^ San Diego Jr., Bayani (July 27, 2017). "Sleeper hit surprises indie director". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  9. ^ "Like Kita Kita, 7 other local films that became surprise blockbusters". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  10. ^ Lopez, Jacinda A. (August 1, 2017). "Kita Kita Stars Alessandra + Empoy Have A New Film In The Works". Cosmopolitan Philippines. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
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  12. ^ "The 25 best Filipino rom-coms of the last 25 years". CNN Philippines. August 4, 2017. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.