Nabbies Love
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Director Yuji Nakae Music director Michael Nyman Duration Country Japan | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Screenplay Yuji Nakae Writer Yuji Nakae Language Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Release date December 4, 1999 Cast Naomi Nishida, Tomi Taira (Nabbie), Jun Murakami, Ashley MacIsaac Similar movies Naomi Nishida appears in Nabbies Love and My Secret Cache | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nabbie's Love (ナビィの恋, Nabi no koi) is a 1999 film written and directed by Yuji Nakae about Nanako Agarikinjo (Naomi Nishida) returning to Aguni Island (Okinawa) to visit her grandmother, Nabbie Agarikinjo, played by Tomi Taira.
The film score is by Kenichiro Isoda, with two tracks by Michael Nyman, working separately. The film tied with Rituparno Ghosh's Bariwali for the Netpac Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Director Nakae won Best Director at the Japanese Professional Movie Awards, which also presented a Special Award to producer Shirō Sasaki. Naomi Nishida won the Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role of Nanako. Isoda won Best Film Score at Mainichi Film Concours. Nishida also won Best Supporting Actress at the Yokohama Film Festival, and Jun Murakami (as Fukunosuke, as well as for roles in two other films) tied for Best Supporting actor with Teruyuki Kagawa.
Music
The film's music is an eclectic mix of Japanese, English, and Irish influences.
References
Nabbie's Love WikipediaNabbies Love IMDb Nabbies Love themoviedb.org