Suteki na Kanashibari (A Ghost of a Chance)

  1 DVD

    Movie: A Ghost of a Chance (English title) / Once in a Blue Moon (Japanese English title)

    Romaji: Suteki na Kanashibari

    Director: Koki Mitani

    Writer: Koki Mitani

    Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Yoshinari Shimatani, Kuga Maeda, Ken Tsuchiya

    Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto

    Release Date: October 29, 2011

    Runtime: 142 min.

    Genre: Comedy

    Distributor: Toho

    Language: Japanese

    Country: Japan

Synopsis :

Emi Hosho (Eri Fukatsu), a not so successful lawyer, is assigned to the one of the most unusual of cases. Her client is accused of murdering his wealthy wife and he his alibi is that he was staying at an inn while suffering from "kanashibar" (sleep paralysis). The only witness able to corroborate his alibi is the 500-year-old ghost of the Sengoku period military commander Rokubei Sarashina (Toshiyuki Nishida) - who sat on the accused's chest all night long.

Attorney Emi Hosho travels to the inn to investigate further. Emi Hosho also falls into "kanashibar" and soon discovers the 500-year-ghost sitting on her chest. Knowing that the ghost is the only witness who can support her client's alibi, she grabs his hand and pleads with him to testify in court ....

Cast :

Fukatsu Eri, Nishida Toshiyuki, Abe Hiroshi, Nakai Kiichi.