Movie: Good Bye, My Secret Friend
Romaji: Ikechan to Boku
Japanese: いけちゃんとぼく
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Existentialism / Bullying / Secret Bubbly Friend
Director: Toshihiko Ohoka
Writer: Rieko Saibara (manga), Toshihiko Ohoka
Release Date: June 20, 2009
Runtime: 107 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Cast:
Yû Aoi ... Ike-chan (voice)
Arashi Fukasawa ... Yoshio
Rie Tomosaka ... Mitsuko
Masato Hagiwara ... Shigeyuki
Fuyuki Moto ... Grandpa Kiyoshi
Plot:
Based on the heartwarming debut picture book from well-known manga artist Saibara Rieko (‘Everyday Mom’). Popular child actor Fukazawa Arashi (Helen and the Baby Fox) stars as a boy who enjoys an affectionate relationship with the strange little creature Ike-chan in this touching drama. Good Bye, My Secret Friend marks commercial director Oooka Toshihiko’s feature film debut, for which he also wrote the screenplay. Able to change color and shape at will, Ike-chan is warmly rendered with the latest CGI techniques, creating a fantasy world touched with the bittersweet pain of real life.
Yoshio (Fukazawa) is a very impressionable 9-year-old boy who’s always accompanied by a strange little creature named Ike-chan (voiced by Aoi Yu) that only he can see. Ike-chan comforts Yoshio when he’s bullied at school and gives him courage when he’s scared of being alone at night. On the other hand, when Yoshio becomes friendly with girls, Ike-chan turns bright red with anger. Ike-chan helps Yoshio overcome the problems of childhood, but as Yoshio gets older Ike-chan gradually disappears from sight.
General:
Format.......: AVI
File Size....: 1341,26 MiB
Duration.....: 1h 46mn
Bitrate......: 1 757 Kbps
Subtitles....: English .SRT, English/Chinese .idx/sub
Source.......: DVD5
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Video:
Video Format......: MPEG-4 Visual
Video Codec.......: XviD
Bitrate...........: 1 559 Kbps
Frame Rate........: 29.970 fps
Aspect Ratio......: 1.875
Resolution........: 720x384
Audio #1:
Format..........: AC-3
Bitrate.........: 192 Kbps
Channels........: 2 channels
Sampling Rate...: 48.0 KHz
Language........: Japanese
