Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
| Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess | |
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| Directed by | Hiroshi Nishitani |
| Produced by | Yuji Usui Kazutoshi Wadakura |
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| Music by | Yugo Kanno |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Languages | Japanese Italian English |
| Box office | ¥3.65 billion (Japan)[1] $169,650 (overseas)[2] |
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (アマルフィ 女神の報酬, Amarufi: Megami no hôshû) is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Nishitani.[3][4] It was followed by the TV drama sequel The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda and the film sequel Andalucia: Revenge of the Goddess.
Premise
Kuroda is a diplomat who arrives in Italy to improve security for the visit of Foreign Minister Watagoe but he is involved in the case of a young Japanese girl abducted in Rome at Christmas. After some negotiation attempts, Kuroda realizes that a plot against the Japanese government lies behind the kidnapping.
Cast
- Yūji Oda as Kōsaku Kuroda
- Yūki Amami as Saeko Yagami
- Kōichi Satō as Masaki Fujii
- Erika Toda as Kanae Adachi
- Rocco Papaleo as inspector Bartolini
- Nene Otsuka as Yoshimi Haba
- Akira Onodera as Kiyofumi Kikuhara
- Shirō Sano as Michio Nishino
- Masaharu Fukuyama (special appearance) as Shōgo Saeki
- Kiichi Nakai as the voice of Hiroshi Kataoka
- Sarah Brightman herself
Production
A special production by Fuji TV to celebrate its 50th anniversary,[5] Amalfi was the first Japanese movie to be shot entirely in Italy.[5] Filming took place in Rome, Caserta and the Amalfi coast.[6]
Reception
The film received negative reviews from critics but performed well at the box office. It was the ninth highest-grossing film in Japan in 2009.[7]
References
- ^ "Movies With Box Office Gross Receipts Exceeding 1 Billion Yen". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Box office by Country: Amalfi Archived 2016-03-22 at the Wayback Machine Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04
- ^ "Japan's Fuji TV celebrates 50th year with film by Hiroshi Nishitani". Screen Daily. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ 映画 アマルフィ 女神の報酬. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ a b "Oda, Amami enjoy perks of filming in Italy". japantoday.com. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "Un film per promuovere la Campania in Giappone". travelnostop.com (in Italian). 14 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "Japanese Box Office For 2009". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess at IMDb