Little DJ (2007)
Original title: Little DJ 小さな恋の物語
Little DJ is a 2007 Japanese-language movie directed by Koto Nagata, with a running time of 2h 8m. It stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mayuko Fukuda and Hirosue Ryoko.
Taro is a 12-year-old into baseball and radio, especially "Music Express," a song-request show. Sound quaint? But it is 1977 and a small town in Hokkaido, a more innocent, pure-hearted time and place, we are told. Taro, however, has a blood disease that lands him in the hospital where his aunt is a nurse. Rounds of tests, transfusions and injections sap his spirit, despite the kindness and dedication of his young doctor and the Doctor's hospital-director father. The latter, a music buff who broadcasts classics over the hospital's PA system, asks Taro to relieve him as DJ, and soon the boy is ensconced in the hospital director's well-stocked library-cum-studio, spinning popular J-Pop tunes. He also becomes acquainted with Tamaki, a girl he first calls "the mummy" because of her bandages and full body cast, she was injured in a traffic accident. He later changes his tune when she is revealed as a cute 13-year-old, for him, an older woman...
Quick answers
What is Little DJ about?
Taro is a 12-year-old into baseball and radio, especially "Music Express," a song-request show. Sound quaint? But it is 1977 and a small town in Hokkaido, a more innocent, pure-hearted time and place, we are told. Taro, however, has a blood disease that lands him in the hospital where his aunt is a nurse. Rounds of tests, transfusions and injections sap his spirit, despite the kindness and dedication of his young doctor and the Doctor's hospital-director father. The latter, a music buff who broadcasts classics over the hospital's PA system, asks Taro to relieve him as DJ, and soon the boy is ensconced in the hospital director's well-stocked library-cum-studio, spinning popular J-Pop tunes. He also becomes acquainted with Tamaki, a girl he first calls "the mummy" because of her bandages and full body cast, she was injured in a traffic accident. He later changes his tune when she is revealed as a cute 13-year-old, for him, an older woman...
When was Little DJ released?
Little DJ was released on 15 December 2007.
How long is Little DJ?
Little DJ runs 2h 8m.
Who made Little DJ?
Little DJ was directed by Koto Nagata.
Cast
- Ryunosuke Kamiki as Taro Takano
- Mayuko Fukuda as Tamaki
- Hirosue Ryoko as Tamaki - Adult
- Shigeyuki Totsugi as Taro Takasaki
- Eri Murakawa as Kanae
- Yutaka Matsushige as Suteji
- Ken Mitsuishi as Yuki
- Kento Kaku as Shuhei Yuki
- Katsuya Kobayashi as Makoto Ozaki
- Naomi Nishida as Hiroko Takano
- Ken Ishiguro as Masahiko Takano
- Yoshio Harada as Yuji Takasaki