Good Bye My Secret Friend (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Aoi Yu
| Fukasawa Arashi (Actor)
| Ohoka Toshihiko (Director)
Our Price:
US$15.49
Related promotions:
Important information about purchasing this product:
- This product is accepted for return under certain conditions. For more details, please refer to our return policy.
- This product will not be shipped to Japan.
Sign in to rate and write review
YesAsia Editorial Description
Based on Saibara Rieko's manga, Ike-chan to Boku (a.k.a. Good Bye My Secret Friend) tells the heartfelt story of a young boy named Toshio and his special friend Ike-chan. Toshio's floating blob of a friend has two big eyes and a mouth, and changes colors and sizes depending on the mood. When Toshio is sad, she turns small. When Toshio makes friend with a girl, she turns bright red from anger. Ike-chan stays by Toshio's side as he grows older, but the day he finds his first love, Ike-chan disappears from his life. Child actor Fukasawa Arashi (Helen the Baby Fox) takes the leading role in this affecting fable about childhood, friendship, and growing up from director Ohoka Toshihiko. Popular actress Aoi Yu voices Ike-chan.
© 2010-2012 YesAsia.com Ltd. All rights reserved.
This original content has been created by or licensed to YesAsia.com, and cannot be copied or republished in any medium without the express written permission of YesAsia.com.
Technical Information
| Product Title: | Good Bye My Secret Friend (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) 再見，小池 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) 再见，小池 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) いけちゃんとぼく (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) Good Bye My Secret Friend (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) |
| Also known as: | Ike-chan to Boku 再見小池 再见小池 Ike-chan to Boku Ike-chan to Boku |
| Artist Name(s): | Aoi Yu | Fukasawa Arashi (Actor) 蒼井優 | 深澤嵐 (Actor) 苍井优 | Fukasawa Arashi (Actor) 蒼井優 | 深澤嵐 (Actor) Aoi Yu | Fukasawa Arashi (Actor) |
| Director: | Ohoka Toshihiko 大岡俊彥 大冈俊彦 大岡俊彦 Ohoka Toshihiko |
| Release Date: | 2010-07-20 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.78 : 1 |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Duration: | 107 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Intercontinental Video (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 120 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1022986603 |
Product Information
Do you remember that someone was always there with you? "Ike-chan" is a mysterious creature who changes color and shape freely, always by Yoshio's side when he was young and only visible to him. Ike-chan has always watched over Yoshio, even when his father died or when he was bullied, but starts fading away as Yoshio matures. That is when Ike-chan tells Yoshio something unknown about the future.
Additional Information may be provided by the manufacturer, supplier, or a third party, and may be in its original language
Other Versions of "Good Bye My Secret Friend (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)"
-
- Version
- Product Title
- Our Price
- Availability
-
Hong Kong Version
- Good Bye My Secret Friend (VCD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) VCD
- Temporarily Out of Stock
-
Japan Version
- Ike-chan to Boku (DVD) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2
- US$61.49
- Usually ships within 7 - 14 days
-
Taiwan Version
- Good Bye My Secret Friend (DVD) (Taiwan Version) DVD Region 3
- US$17.99
- Usually ships within 7 - 14 days
Customers who bought "Good Bye My Secret Friend (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)" also bought
1778 Stories of Me & My Wife (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
US$15.49
1778 Stories of Me & My Wife (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
(1)Our Price: US$15.49Usually ships within 7 - 14 daysRelated promotions:
About Her Brother (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
US$15.49
About Her Brother (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
(1)Our Price: US$15.49Usually ships within 7 - 14 daysRelated promotions:
Villain and Widow (DVD) (2-Disc) (First Press Edition) (Korea Version)
US$23.99
41% offVillain and Widow (DVD) (2-Disc) (First Press Edition) (Korea Version) DVD Region 3
(3)Our Price: US$23.99List: US$40.99Save: US$17.00 (41%)Usually ships within 1 to 2 daysRelated promotions:
Always - Sunset On Third Street (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
US$10.99
Always - Sunset On Third Street (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Our Price: US$10.99Usually ships within 7 - 14 daysRelated promotions:
Always - Sunset on Third Street 2 (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
US$10.99
Always - Sunset on Third Street 2 (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Our Price: US$10.99Usually ships within 7 - 14 daysRelated promotions:
Customers who bought videos directed by Ohoka Toshihiko also bought videos by these directors:
Search Keywords
The following keywords are associated with this product. Please click on a keyword to search for similar items.
YumCha! Asian Entertainment Reviews and Features
Editor's Pick of "Good Bye My Secret Friend (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)"
Picked By Sanwei
See all this editor's picks
October 20, 2010
See all this editor's picks
October 20, 2010
Life Lessons from a Green Blob
|
I thought I signed up for a cute children's film about the peewee adventures of that boy from Goemon and an imaginary green blob. Little did I know, Ike-chan to Boku is actually about mortality. It's also about childhood crushes, monsters in the closet, family fights, neighborhood bullies, and growing up, but what's felt the most strongly throughout Ike-chan to Boku is the way life and death come seeping too early into the consciousness of the stubborn young hero, Toshio (Fukasawa Arashi). Fortunately, Toshio has a trusty friend in Ike-chan, a roly-poly CGI blob that only he can see. She changes colors with her mood, but most of the time she's a bright shade of flubber green dotted by two large eyes and a mouth. Ike-chan is the kind dispenser of wise words and receptive ears during Toshio's toughest times as he gets pummeled by bullies and deals with family tragedies and disillusioning revelations. She also keeps the monsters away at night. The kicker: she's voiced by Aoi Yu. Where can I get myself an Ike-chan? Even with Ike-chan inexplicably around, the film offers a fanciful yet realistically bittersweet account of a boy's childhood, dotted with wonders, tears, and road bumps. Fukasawa Arashi is a talented kid, embodying the chatty, bratty, precocious Toshio through juvenile episodes and also serious life-changing moments that would go over most children's heads. The short scene in which Toshio suddenly grows up for his father's funeral is a real heartbreaker. Where the film departs from the expected is when the truth behind Ike-chan is revealed, in the process drawing on a whole Eastern belief system about life and death and also appealing to our sappiest conceptions of love, time, and fate. The reveal is so matter of fact that it comes across as clumsy, but the heartfelt message is nonetheless there, especially since it's Aoi Yu doing the talking. Ike-chan to Boku rights itself at the end with a strong final image, a pang of both hope and sadness about growing up and leaving childhood behind. |
This original content has been created by or licensed to YesAsia.com, and cannot be copied or republished in any medium without the express written permission of YesAsia.com.
We Recommend
Bookmark & Share