I Just Didn't Do It

I Just Didn't Do It
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Masayuki Suo
Screenplay by	Masayuki Suo
Produced by	Shintaro Horikawa Yoshino Sasaki Daisuke Sekiguchi
Starring	Ryo Kase Asaka Seto Koji Yamamoto Masako Motai Kōji Yakusho
Cinematography	Naoki Kayano
Edited by	Junichi Kikuchi
Music by	Yoshikazu Suo
Production companies	Altamira Pictures Fuji Television Network Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	November 2006 (2006-11) (AFM) January 20, 2007 (2007-01-20) (Japan)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.11 billion

I Just Didn't Do It (それでもボクはやってない, Soredemo boku wa yattenai) is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo, starring Ryo Kase, Asaka Seto and Kōji Yakusho.

Plot

Based on a true story, the film is the story of a young man charged with groping on a train. Following the events depicted in the film, which end in a conviction and his decision to appeal, in real life his appeal was rejected by supreme court and his sentence to 18 months of prison has been confirmed.

Cast

• Ryo Kase
• Asaka Seto
• Kōji Yakusho
• Masako Motai
• Koji Yamamoto
• Ranran Suzuki
• Fumiyo Kohinata
• Miyu Yagyu
• Toshinori Omi

Release

The film premiered at the American Film Market in November 2006 in the United States and distributed by Toho in Japan on January 20, 2007. It was later shown in New York City on January 11, 2007.

It was Japan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as the Best Film at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival.

See also

• Cinema of Japan
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

Sources

• Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

External links

• Soredemo boku wa yattenai at IMDb