Name: NANA
Genre: Romance, Music, Drama
Released: 2005-09-03
Rating: 9.3
Cast: Aoi Miyazaki, Mika Nakashima, Hiroki Narimiya, Yuta Hiraoka, Kenichi Matsuyama

Aoi Miyazaki is an award-winning Japanese actress. She was born on November 30, 1985, in Tokyo, Japan, and made her debut in the entertainment industry at the age of four, appearing in a variety of commercials, magazine ads, and as an extra in various television dramas. In 1999, she made her film debut, at the age of fourteen, and took her first supporting role in a television drama. Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “Heavenly Forest” (2006).

Aoi Miyazaki

Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born in Hioki, Kagoshima, Japan, on February 19, 1983, and made her debut in the entertainment industry in 2001, with the release of her single, “Stars”. She made her acting debut that same year, taking her first role in a television drama. Since then, she has appeared in a variety of films and television dramas, including “NANA” (2005) and “NANA 2” (2006).

Mika Nakashima

Hiroki Narimiya, born Narimiya Hiroshige, is a Japanese designer, model and actor. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, on September 14, 1982, and made his acting debut in theater in 2000. The following year, he made his debut in both film and television and has appeared in a wide variety of theatrical productions, films, and television dramas since, including “NANA” (2005) and “NANA 2” (2006).

Hiroki Narimiya

Yuta Hiraoka is an award-winning Japanese actor. He was born on September 1, 1984, in Yamaguchi, Japan, and made his acting debut in 2003. Since then, he has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “Tokyo Tarareba Girls” (2017), “Holiday Love” (2018), and “NANA” (2005).

Yuta Hiraoka

Kenichi Matsuyama is an award-winning Japanese actor. He was born on March 5, 1985 in Aomori, Japan, and made his acting debut in 2002. Since then, he has appeared in numerous films and television dramas, including “Detroit Metal City” (2008) and “Residential Complex” (2018).

Kenichi Matsuyama

Saeko, also known as Saeko Dokyu, is a Japanese actress and model. She was born on November 16, 1986, in Miyazaki, Japan, and made her acting debut in 2004. Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “5→9 From Five to Nine” (2021).

Saeko

Matsuda Ryuhei is a Japanese actor who was born on May 9, 1983, in Tokyo, Japan, to a family of actors. Aged just 15, he was cast as a samurai in the 1999 hit movie “Taboo,” a role for which he won a number of domestic acting awards. He followed up with the film “Shibito no Koiwazurai” (2001), and has since gone on to star in dozens of hit movies, including “The Raid 2” (2014), “Before We Vanish” (2017), and “Beneath the Shadow” in 2020.

Matsuda Ryuhei

Takehisa Takayama is a Japanese actor. He was born on May 23, 1979, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, and made his acting debut in 2004. Since then, he has appeared in a variety of films and television dramas, including “NANA” (2005) and “NANA 2” (2006).

Takehisa Takayama

Ready to set out on her own, Nana “Hachi” Komatsu (Aoi Miyazaki) boards a train for Tokyo. Full of all the hopes and dreams of so many other young women who have sought a new life in the big city, Hachi has no doubt life in the city will be nothing short of amazing. Finding her seat, Hachi is soon joined by Nana Osaki (Mika Nakashima), another ambitious young woman headed to Tokyo to fulfill her own set of dreams. Feeling they’re somehow connected by more than just their names, the two girls form an unlikely bond during their trip to Tokyo, but go their separate ways once they reach the city.

With hopes of starting a new life with her boyfriend, Shoji Endo (Yuta Hiraoka), Hachi has come to the city to do just that. Meanwhile, Nana hopes to break into the rock music scene, but both girls quickly realize that dreaming and doing are two entirely different things. Despite following two entirely different paths, the two young women are unexpectedly reunited while searching for a place to live. Interested in the same apartment, the two agree to share it as roommates and so begins an unexpected friendship.

Sharing their struggles and celebrating their triumphs, Hachi and Nana draw closer together, each a source of strength and encouragement as they set out to make their dreams come true. But will either of them find what they came to the city searching for?

Based on the manga of the same name by Ai Yazawa, “NANA” is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kentaro Otani.

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