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.

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.

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).

Awards

9th Yokohama Film Festival

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

12th Hochi Film Awards

• Won: Best Actress - Shinobu Otake

References

External links

• "Eien no 1/2" (in Japanese). JMDB.
• "Eien no 1/2 at All Cinema" (in Japanese).
• Eien no 1/2 at IMDb