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Paco and the Magical Book

Paco and the Magical Book

Great happiness from a little girl.

20086.91h 45m

Overview

Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His only hope is to help Paco survive from her illness.

Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Written by Tetsuya Nakashima, Nobuhiro Monma, Hirohito Goto
Produced by Morio Amagi, Yutaka Suzuki, Yûji Ishida
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Top Cast

Ayaka Wilson

Ayaka Wilson

Paco

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Onuki

Ryo Kase

Ryo Kase

Koichi

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Muromachi

Anna Tsuchiya

Anna Tsuchiya

Tamako

Gekidan Hitori

Gekidan Hitori

Takita

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Kinomoto

Takaya Yamauchi

Takaya Yamauchi

Ryumonji

Sadao Abe

Sadao Abe

Horigome

Eiko Koike

Eiko Koike

Masami

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Themes & Keywords

friendshipredemptionbased on play or musicalmemory losschild protagonisttheater performancepicture bookemotional healingmagical realism

About Paco and the Magical Book

Paco and the Magical Book is a comedy, drama, family film released in 2008 exploring themes of friendship, redemption, based on play or musical, memory loss, child protagonist, theater performance. Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, it stars Ayaka Wilson, Koji Yakusho, Ryo Kase. Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His only hope is to help Paco survive from her illness.

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