Gaichu (DVD) (Deluxe Edition) (Taiwan Version) DVD Region 3

Popular actress Miyazaki Aoi (Eureka) delivers a powerful award-winning performance in the harrowing 2001 youth film Gaichu (a.k.a. Harmful Insect). Directed by Shiota Akihiko (Dororo), the film follows the disquieting life of an alienated teenage girl as she futilely battles for and against her own existence in a world that thrusts her prematurely into adulthood. Uncompromisingly realistic in its storyline and characterization, Gaichu, which screened at the Venice Film Festival, looks squarely at the social and emotional perils faced by today's youth. The early pairing of two of Japan's best young actresses, Miyazaki Aoi and Aoi Yu (Hula Girls) - who were only 16 at the time - makes Gaichu of especial interest to Japanese film fans, and both leave deep impressions with their performances.

Junior high school student Sachiko (Miyazaki Aoi) should be enjoying the best years of her life, but instead what surrounds her is a dangerous world full of internal and external predators. Though Sachiko continues to wear her schoolgirl uniform, she stops attending classes, unable to connect with her classmates and the school environment despite the valiant efforts of her kind-hearted best friend Natsuko (Aoi Yu). Life at home is equally unstable between her depressive suicidal mother (Ryo, Casshern) and her sketchy boyfriend. Instead, Sachiko wanders the streets pondering death and seeks comfort through letters with her former math teacher who had to move elsewhere because of rumors about his relationship with Sachiko. Though light occasionally breaks through the darkness thanks to the friendship of Natsuko and a young gangster she meets, the world keeps closing in on Sachiko, pushing her over the edge.

Taiwan Version Deluxe Edition comes with bonus disc with 44 minutes of special features:

Making Of

Japan Gala Premiere

Shiota Akihiko x Mukai Shutoku Interview

Theme Song Kaerimichi Music Video

Theme Song I Don't Know MV

	English 繁體中文 简体中文 日本語 한국어
Product Title:	Gaichu (DVD) (Deluxe Edition) (Taiwan Version) 害蟲 (DVD) (精裝版) (台灣版) 害虫 (DVD) (精装版) (台湾版) Gaichu (DVD) (Deluxe Edition) (Taiwan Version) Gaichu (DVD) (Deluxe Edition) (Taiwan Version)
Also known as:	Harmful Insect Harmful Insect Harmful Insect Harmful Insect Harmful Insect
Artist Name(s):	Miyazaki Aoi (Actor) | Tanabe Seiichi (Actor) | Aoi Yu (Actor) | ishikawa hiroshi (Actor) 宮崎葵 (Actor) | 田邊誠一 (Actor) | 蒼井優 (Actor) | ishikawa hiroshi (Actor) 宫崎葵 (Actor) | 田边诚一 (Actor) | 苍井优 (Actor) | ishikawa hiroshi (Actor) 宮崎あおい (Actor) | 田辺誠一 (Actor) | 蒼井優 (Actor) | 石川浩司／著 (Actor) Miyazaki Aoi (Actor) | Tanabe Seiichi (Actor) | Aoi Yu (Actor) | ishikawa hiroshi (Actor)
Director:	Shiota Akihiko 鹽田明彥 盐田明彦 塩田明彦 Shiota Akihiko
Release Date:	2008-11-18
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	1.78 : 1
Sound Information:	Dolby Digital 2.0
Disc Format(s):	DVD-5, DVD
Region Code:	3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Duration:	91 (mins)
Other Information:	2DVDs
Package Weight:	220 (g)
Shipment Unit:	2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1013081822

** 特別收錄 (44分鐘)：
- 側拍紀實
- 日本首映實況
- 鹽田明彥導演 x 向井秀德特別對談
- 電影主題曲MV「歸途」
- 電影主題曲MV「I Don't Know」


導演：鹽田明彥

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