Sleeping Bride (2000)
Original title: ガラスの脳
Sleeping Bride is a 2000 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Hideo Nakata, with a running time of 1h 40m. It stars Risa Goto, Hiroki Kohara and Takaaki Enoki.
Sleeping Bride is the story of a girl, Yumi, who since birth, has never been awake. A boy called Yuuichi finds the girl in the hospital while he is a patient there. A nurse remarks that the girl is 'Sleeping Beauty', and Yuuichi believes that a kiss from a prince will wake her, just like the story. Yuuichi returns to see Yumi every day, says 'Wake up, I'm the prince' and kisses her. Ten years later he restarts his daily ritual to see Yumi, one day she wakes up.
Quick answers
What is Sleeping Bride about?
Sleeping Bride is the story of a girl, Yumi, who since birth, has never been awake. A boy called Yuuichi finds the girl in the hospital while he is a patient there. A nurse remarks that the girl is 'Sleeping Beauty', and Yuuichi believes that a kiss from a prince will wake her, just like the story. Yuuichi returns to see Yumi every day, says 'Wake up, I'm the prince' and kisses her. Ten years later he restarts his daily ritual to see Yumi, one day she wakes up.
When was Sleeping Bride released?
Sleeping Bride was released on 29 January 2000.
How long is Sleeping Bride?
Sleeping Bride runs 1h 40m.
Who made Sleeping Bride?
Sleeping Bride was directed by Hideo Nakata.
Cast
- Risa Goto as Yumi Iida
- Hiroki Kohara as Yuuichi Nagasawa (17 years)
- Takaaki Enoki as Dr. Hishikawa
- Yūko Natori as Ritsuko Nagasawa
- Masako as Masako Iida
- Rikiya Ôtaka as Yuuichi Nagasawa (Aged 7)
- Toshie Negishi as Nurse
- Moro Morooka as Yumi's father
- Yoko Ohshima as Yuuchi's mother
- Michiko Kawai as Mitsu Fukuhara
- Tomoka Hayashi as Keiko Mizoguchi
- Tomiyuki Kunihiro