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I Are You, You Am Me

I Are You, You Am Me

1982•1h 53m•6.6/10
ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.6/10(12)

9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.

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Production

Art Theatre Guild

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Satomi Kobayashi

Satomi Kobayashi

Kazumi Saitoh

Toshinori Omi

Toshinori Omi

Kazuo Saitoh

Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Akio Saitoh

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Naoko Saitoh

Joe Shishido

Joe Shishido

Kouzou Saitoh

Wakaba Irie

Wakaba Irie

Chie Saitoh

Etsuko Shihomi

Etsuko Shihomi

Mitsuko Ono

Sayuri Ishibashi

Girl Student 'C'

Maki Akita

Girl Student 'B'

Masae Hayashi

Akemi Yoshino

Kiyoshi Hitomi

Innkeeper

Kouichi Inoue

Jiroh Saitoh

Mihoko Itoh

Girl Student 'D'

Munenori Iwamoto

Masaaki Kaneko

Sumiko Kakizaki

Keiko Kawahara

Kazuo Kamoshida

Punk

Haruya Katō

H.S. Principal

Daisuke Ōyama

Kenji Sakui

Takahiro Saitoh

Shizuo Fukuda

Tomoko Saotome

Girl Student 'A'

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