Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.
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Yoshio Harada as Kyushiro
Tomoko Kitagawa as Yuki
Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Tatsuya
Lily as Yoko
Yasuhi Nakamura as Hayashi
Miako Tadano as Mia
Ittoku Kishibe as Policeman A
Akira Emoto as Toyohashi, sculptor
Kazue Tsunogae as Toyohashi's wife
Kirin Kiki as Fan of Kyushiro
Ken Watanabe as Ishida
Kyoka Suzuki as Maya
Etsushi Toyokawa as Playwriter
Rena Tanaka as Reiko
Ryoko Hirosue as Flea Market Girl
Yuko Tanaka as Fukuko
Mitsuo Harada Production Design
Masae Miyamoto Costume Design
Takahiro Tsutai Director of Photography
Takeshi Nakasu Gaffer
Chise Sanjo Editor
Kazuto Shimizu Music
Yasuo Hashimoto Sound
Jun Ichikawa Director
Jun Ichikawa Original Concept
Shinsuke Sato Screenplay
Zawa Zawa Shimokitazawa Trailer
Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa Trailer
The Whispered City Trailer
Japan 07 July 2000
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 2000:
01 January 2000
Victor is the story of a conscientious if somewhat withdrawn traffic warden who through a series of mishaps finally finds his place in life.
01 September 2000
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
07 November 2000
British mod rocker Steve Marriott had great stage presence, a unique voice and plenty of angst -- all on display in this docu-concert featuring clips from Marriott's days in bands the Small Faces and Humble Pie.
24 May 2000
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera.
22 December 2000
Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage.
05 May 2000
A working-class girl and her trust-fund boyfriend move into a downtown New York tenement apartment to try to make a life together.
15 December 2000
When the self‑absorbed Emperor Kuzco is accidentally transformed into a llama, he must rely on a humble villager to survive the jungle and reclaim his throne.
01 September 2000
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation.
04 May 2000
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred.
11 October 2000
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss.
27 October 2000
12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna.
27 October 2000
"Regina Coeli" is the nickname with which inmates call Regina, voluntary assistant in Rome's Rebibbia jail, very involved in solidarity but lonely in his private life.
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