Kono yo no sotoe - Club Shinchugun

Name: Kono yo no sotoe - Club Shinchugun
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2004-02-07
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Masato Hagiwara, Peter Mullan, Shea Whigham, Joe Odagiri, Mitch

IMDb ID: tt0371050 · Year: 2004 · Rating: 6.8 (103 votes)

Genres: Drama · Music

Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American soldiers at an Enlisted Men's Club. Tensions emerge between the tenor saxophonist, a disillusioned ex-soldier, and a bitter GI whose brothe...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesHungary: El ebből a világból
World-wide: Out of This World (English)
Japan: この世の外へ　クラブ進駐軍 (Japanese)
Out of This WorldRelease Date2004-02-07Runtime123 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews4Critic Reviews1Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapanese
EnglishProduction CompaniesShochiku
Eisei Gekijo
Kadokawa Daiei PicturesIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371050/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0371050.jpgUpdated At2025-07-05T23:39:25

Directors

Junji Sakamoto

Writers

Junji Sakamoto

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Masato Hagiwara | Character: Kentaro Hirooka
Actor: Peter Mullan | Character: Jim
Actor: Shea Whigham | Character: Russell Reade
Actor: Joe Odagiri | Character: Shozo Ikeshima
Actor: Mitch | Character: Hiroyuki Asakawa
Actor: Shunsuke Matsuoka | Character: Kazushiro Hirayama
Actor: Jun Murakami | Character: Akira Amano
Actor: Aki Maeda | Character: Ryoko Yoda
Actor: Kaori Takahashi | Character: Eiko
Actor: Claude Maki | Character: Kerry Tsukamoto
Actor: Mansaku Ikeuchi | Character: Tsunemasa Kashida
Actor: Maiko Kazama | Character: Cherry's mama
Actor: Shō Aikawa | Character: Jerry Nakata
Actor: Ichirô Ogura | Character: Kin-san
Actor: Ken Mitsuishi | Character: Soldier with one leg
Actor: David Brown Jr. | Character: Luther
Actor: Toshie Negishi | Character: Mitsue Hirayama
Actor: Ren Ōsugi | Character: Seikichi Hirooka
Actor: Tetsushi Tanaka | Character: Kazuhisa Hirayama
Actor: Makoto Araki | Character: Dealer
Actor: Brian Brooks | Character: Soldier
Actor: Vincent Giry | Character: Young MP
Actor: Jason Gray | Character: Soldier
Actor: Robert Hoskin | Character: American GI Serviceman
Actor: Taigi Kobayashi | Character: Actor
Actor: Justin McKay | Character: G.I #1in assault, prostitute scenes
Actor: Thomas J. Melesky | Character: Soldier
Actor: Michael Naishtut | Character: Soldier
Actor: Walter Roberts | Character: Teddy Wilson
Actor: Larnell W. Smith Jr. | Character: Dancing Soldier
Actor: Masaya Takahashi | Character: Actor
Actor: Robert Tsonos | Character: Soldier
Actor: Garrick Wimbush | Character: Soldier
Actor: Christopher Pellegrini | Character: Military Police Officer

[Directors Group]
Name: Junji Sakamoto | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Junji Sakamoto | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Linda Hoaglund | Role: Producer
Name: Yukiko Shii | Role: Producer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Norimichi Kasamatsu | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Toshihide Fukano | Role: Editor

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Mitsuo Harada | Role: Art Director

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Yasunori Môri | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Naoki Tachikawa | Role: Sound Department

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Takashi Sugimoto | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Walter Roberts | Role: Casting Department

[Music Department]
Name: Yoshinori Ôhashi | Role: Music Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Haruko Imamura | Role: Script and Continuity Department

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371050/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Japan: February 7, 2004
Czech Republic: July 9, 2004 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
South Korea: October 10, 2004 (Pusan International Film Festival)
South Korea: February 1, 2006
Uganda: January 15, 2011 (Japanese Film Festival)
Romania: May 27, 2012 (Festivalul Filmului Japonez)
Slovakia: January 11, 2013 (Japonský Filmový Festival)

Awards

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