Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

2009 Japanese film

Yūji Oda
Yūki Amami
Erika Toda
Rocco Papaleo
Kōichi Satō

Music byYugo KannoDistributed byToho

Release date

July 18, 2009 (2009-07-18)

Running time

125 minutesCountryJapanLanguagesJapanese
Italian
EnglishBox 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 foreign diplomat working in the coastal town of Amalfi, Italy. He investigates the case of a young Japanese girl kidnapped off the streets of Rome at Christmas, eventually falling in love with the girl's mother.

Cast

Yūji Oda as Kōsaku Kuroda
Yūki Amami as Saeko Yagami
Kōichi Satō as Masaki Fujii
Erika Toda as Kanae Adachi
Nene Otsuka as Yoshimi Haba
Akira Onodera
Shirō Sano as Michio Nishino
Sarah Brightman herself
Rocco Papaleo as inspector Bartolini
Masaharu Fukuyama (special appearance) as Shōgo Saeki
Kiichi Nakai as the voice of Hiroshi Kataoka

References

^ "Movies With Box Office Gross Receipts Exceeding 1 Billion Yen". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
^ "Box office by Country: Amalfi Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04
^ "Japan's Fuji TV celebrates 50th year with film by Hiroshi Nishitani". Screen Daily. November 25, 2008. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
^ 映画アマルフィ女神の報酬. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-06-15.