Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
	Japanese theatrical release poster
Literally	Someone Kissed Me
Directed by	Hans Canosa
Screenplay by	Gabrielle Zevin
Based on	Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac; by Gabrielle Zevin
Produced by	Kwesi Collisson
Starring	Maki Horikita; Kenichi Matsuyama; Yuya Tegoshi; Anton Yelchin; Emma Roberts; Mirei Kiritani; Kylee;
Cinematography	Jaron Presant
Music by	Kylee
Production; companies	Aoi Production; Dot Dot Dot Films;
Distributed by	Toei Company (Japan)
Release date	27 March 2010 (Japan);
Running time	124 minutes
Countries	Japan; United States;
Languages	Japanese; English;

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (Japanese: 誰かが私にキスをした, Hepburn: Dareka ga watashi ni kiss wo shita, lit. 'Someone Kissed Me') is a 2010 teen drama film directed by Hans Canosa, based on the 2007 young adult novel of the same name by Gabrielle Zevin. The film stars Japanese actress Maki Horikita, Japanese actors Kenichi Matsuyama and Yuya Tegoshi, and American actor Anton Yelchin.

Cast

Maki Horikita as Naomi Sukuse
Yuya Tegoshi as Mirai Hasegawa
Kenichi Matsuyama as Yuji Miwa
Anton Yelchin as Ace Zuckerman
Emma Roberts as Alice Leeds
Misa Shimizu as Mrs. Hasegawa
Atsuro Watabe as Goro Sukuse
Kylee as Winnie
Reira as Ace's New Girlfriend
Julia Sniegowski as Brianna
Arthur Rempel as Robert Sutton
Haruki Kimura as Bailey Plotkin
Ai Ozaki as Yu Arisa
Ian Moore as Mr. Weir
Karen Kirishima as Risa Arisa
Mirei Kiritani as Yumi
Yukiko Hattori as Yuji's Mother
David Neale as Dr. Pillar
Yui Ozaki as Eri Arisa
Yoriko Kamimura as Ms. Ishibashi
Michelle Take as Mrs. Tarkington

Production

On 24 November 2008, it was announced that a film was to be produced that involved both American and Japanese actors and staff, with Maki Horikita and Kenichi Matsuyama in the lead roles. The director of the film was Hans Canosa, who had been active in American films. The script was written by Gabrielle Zevin, the author of the novel Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, on which the film was based on. When the film was announced, it was given the working title of Lost Memories. Filming began on 26 November 2008 and ended in early January 2009.

The film was originally planned to be shot and produced in the United States. However, the director decided that it would be better to make the film in Japan where the cultural aspects of the setting would enrich the story. Therefore, he took the project to the Japanese film companies after which production began. The high school setting in the original story was changed to an international school for the film, and apart from the staff and cast, everything concerned with filming the film used Japanese methods. This meant that the film contained approximately a quarter of the English conversation as was in the original story.

Release

The release date for the film was not disclosed for a long time following the announcement that it was to be produced. However, it was officially announced on 11 October 2009 that the film would open in March 2010. At the same time as the announcement, the title of the film was changed from Lost Memories to Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac.

When it opened at 247 cinemas screens throughout Japan, it was listed as 10th on the Japanese box office rankings (according to Kogyo Tsushinsha) for the first two days between 27 and 28 March 2010 and made 48,909,800 yen with 8,598 people attending the film.

External links

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac at IMDb