Movie: Breathe In, Breathe Out Romaji: Shinkokyu no hitsuyo Japanese: 深呼吸の必要 Director: Tetsuo Shinohara Assistant Director: Kenji Nakanishi Writer: Yasuo Hasegawa Producer: Satoshi Kono Cinematography: Takahide Shibanushi Release Date: May 29, 2004 Runtime: 123 min. Genre: Award Winning / Award Winning-Drama / Award Winning-Youth / Award Winning-Rural Distributor: Shochiku, Nippon Herald Films Language: Japanese Country: Japan **Plot** Breathe In, Breathe Out centers on six, later seven, individuals who have gotten jobs harvesting sugarcane on a small Okinawa island. Each worker has their own unique personality as well as their own issues as they learn to work together ... **Cast** Sayaka Kaneko - Etsuko Kawano Karina - Hinami Tachibana Saburo Kitamura Sayaka Kuon - Misuzu Masami Nagasawa - Kanako Doi Hiroki Narimiya - Daisuke Nishimura Nao Omori - Yutaka Tadokoro Shosuke Tanihara - Shuichi Ikenaga Taeko Yoshida **Awards** 2004 (29th) Hochi Film Awards - December, 2004 "Best Supporting Actress" (Masami Nagasawa) 2004 (47th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 14, 2005 "Best Supporting Actress (Masami Nagasawa)