A Boy Called H
Poster
Directed byYasuo Furuhata
StarringYutaka Mizutani
Ran Ito
Tatsuki Yoshioka
Music byYoshihiro Ike
Production
companies
Distributed byToho[2]
Release date
  • August 10, 2013 (2013-08-10)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$15.3 million (Japan)

A Boy Called H (少年H) is a 2013 Japanese war drama film directed by Yasuo Furuhata.[3] It is based on the book by Kappa Senoh, translated into English by John Bester.

Cast

Reception

Box office

The film grossed US$15.3 million in Japan.[4]

Accolades

It was chosen as the 7th best Japanese film of 2013 by the film magazine Eiga Geijutsu.[5]

Award Date Category Recipients and
nominees
Result
Japan Academy Prize[6][7] 7 March 2014 Best Film A Boy Called H Nominated
Best Art 中澤克巳 Nominated
Best Newcomer Tatsuki Yoshioka Nominated

References

  1. "A Boy Called H". Toho Global.
  2. "A Boy Called H". Toho Global.
  3. 少年H (2012). allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. Staff Reporter (16 May 2014). "The Asian films driving global box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  5. Kevin Ma (18 January 2014). "Eiga Geijutsu names Pecoross best film". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  6. Kevin Ma (17 January 2014). "Kore-eda, Ishii, Yamada lead Japan awards". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  7. 第37回日本アカデミー賞. www.japan-academy-prize.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2014.


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