Eien no 1/2

Eien no 1/2 (永遠の1/2, Eien no ni-bun-no-ichi), literally Half of Eternity, is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kichitaro Negishi.

Eien no 1/2
Directed by	Kichitaro Negishi
Screenplay by	Eiichi Uchida
Starring	Saburō Tokitō Shinobu Otake
Edited by	Akira Suzuki (鈴木晄)
Production company	Director's Company
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	November 21, 1987 (1987-11-21)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Synopsis

An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things then begin to happen to him, including a beating from the local yakuza.^[1]

Cast

• Saburō Tokitō
• Shinobu Otake
• Tomoko Nakajima
• Fukuko Sayo (小夜福子)
• Kazuko Yoshiyuki
• Takuzo Kawatani
• Masahiko Tsugawa
• Satomi Kobayashi
• Toshiya Fujita

Background

The film is based on the novel by Shogō Satō (佐藤正午).^[1]

Awards

9th Yokohama Film Festival^[2][3]

• Won: Best Actor - Saburō Tokitō
• Won: 4th Best Film

12th Hochi Film Awards^[4]

• Won: Best Actress - Shinobu Otake