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Shinobu Yaguchi (written by)
Release Date:
15 November 2008 (Japan) more
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A great variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics... more | add synopsis
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1 win more
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From WATERBOYS To SWING GIRLS to HAPPY FLIGHT! The Teaser For Yaguchi’s Latest Is In The Air …
(From Twitch. 16 September 2008, 8:52 AM, PDT)
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Light, fun flight more (2 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Seiichi Tanabe | ... | Kazuhiro Suzuki |
| Saburô Tokitô | ... | Noriyoshi Harada |
| Haruka Ayase | ... | Etsuko Saito |
| Kazue Fukiishi | ... | Mari Tanaka |
| Shinobu Terajima | ... | Reiko Yamazaki |
| Ittoku Kishibe | ... | Shoji Takahashi |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bengaru | ||
| Noriko Eguchi | ... | Air-traffic Controller |
| Akira Emoto | ... | Etsuko's father |
| Shizuka Fujimoto | ... | Passenger |
| Tomoharu Hasegawa | ||
| Mika Hijii | ||
| Kami Hiraiwa | ||
| Aiko Ito | ... | Air-traffic Controller |
| Kiho Kashiro | ||
| Hana Kino | ... | Etsuko's mother |
| Fumiyo Kohinata | ... | Captain |
| Bokuzô Masana | ... | Passenger |
| Sanae Miyata | ... | Air-traffic Controller |
| Ryû Morioka | ||
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | ... | Magazine Reporter |
| Yasuhi Nakamura | ||
| Takashi Sasano | ... | Passenger |
| Daikichi Sugawara | ... | Passenger |
| Tomoko Tabata | ... | Natsumi Kimura |
| Naoto Takenaka | ... | Passenger |
| Tetsushi Tanaka | ||
| Ryôsei Tayama | ||
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Japan:103 min
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Come Fly with Me more
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Shinobu Yaguchi made his directorial mark with giddy comedies like My Secret Cache, Waterboys, and Swing Girls, and this film takes his comedy (of sorts) to the friendly skies.
Happy Flight is a buoyant entertainment, with situations springing from the familiar context of the airport and environs. The cast is uniformly agreeable, showing their skills at light, breezy material. If anything, the comedy is perhaps too light; unlike Yaguchi's other blithe offerings, there's a certain paucity of fresh gags to keep the whole thing running smooth. The talented Haruka Ayase proved her comic skill with Hotaro no Hikaru; the movie Cyborg Girl gave her a platform for a clever, funny dual role. Here, however, the writing doesn't allow Ayase to make much of her character or situation. Other actors have the same problem.
The situations were engaging for the most part, but never seemed to result in comic payoff. Given the level of talent here, one expect a bit more.