How to Become Myself
6.3
Juri, an elementary school girl, loses sight of her true self while acting out a false self to play along with her friends. Kanako, a classmate who used to be the popular girl but has been bullied lately, tells Juri that the girl she is now is not her true self, and Juri sympathizes.
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Cast
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Riko Narumi
Juri Oshima
Known for
1 Litre of Tears
Yakuza Apocalypse
Atsuko Maeda
Hinako Hanada
Known for
The Complex
To the Ends of the Earth
Jun Ichikawa
Madoka Hosotani
Tomoh Sanjo
Mariko Ishihara
Satsuki Oshima
Also in
Death Shadows
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Kaori Mado
Yuri Sasaki
Yoshizumi Ishihara
Masashi Sugitani
Known for
Adrift in Tokyo
Kazuhiro Suzuki
Also in
Silence and Sunset
A Song from Beyond
Yoshimasa Kondo
Kenichi Furugaki
Known for
Princess Mononoke
Only Yesterday
Osamu Yamaguchi
Jun Ichikawa Director · Madoka Hosotani Screenplay Kaori Mado Story
First release April 28, 2007 · Produced in Japan · Production Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Nikkatsu Studio
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Production
Nikkatsu Studio
Production
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
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SKY Perfect Well Think
Production
Kodansha
Production
The Asahi Shimbun
Production
TV Asahi
Production
Japan
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Original title
あしたの私のつくり方
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 28, 2007
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Philippines
July 2, 2010 · Manila Eiga Sai
Russia
November 11, 2010 · Theatrical · 44th Japanese Film Festival in Russia
South Korea
April 17, 2008 · Theatrical
Türkiye
January 17, 2010 · Japanese Film Festival
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