Call Me Chihiro (Japanese: ちひろさん, Hepburn: Chihiro-san) is a 2023 Japanese drama film written and directed by Rikiya Imaizumi. Produced under Asmik Ace and Digital Frontier, it stars Kasumi Arimura, Hana Toyoshima, Tetta Shimada, Yui Sakuma, Mitsuru Hirata with Jun Fubuki and Lily Franky. The film was released on Netflix on 23 February 2023.
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Cast
Kasumi Arimura as Chihiro / Aya Furusawa, a former sex worker who now works at a bento shop. Her real name is Aya but Chihiro is her stage name
Hana Toyoshima as Kuniko Seo / Okaji, a shy girl who secretly takes pictures of Chihiro and later becomes her friend
Tetta Shimada as Makoto Satake, a young boy who lives with his mother and later becomes Chihiro's friend
Van as Basil, Chihiro's best friend who falls in love with her former boss and starts working at his aquarium shop
Ryuya Wakaba as Taniguchi
Yui Sakuma as Hitomi, Makoto's mother
Itsuki Nagasawa as Chinatsu Ube, a girl who likes to read manga and one of Chihiro's friends
Miwako Ichikawa as Chihiro, a woman Chihiro met when she was a child and is the inspiration for her stage name
Keiichi Suzuki as Tramp
Toshie Negishi as Nagai
Mitsuru Hirata as Bito, Tae's husband and the owner of the bento shop where Chihiro works
Lily Franky as Utsumi, Chihiro's former boss
Jun Fubuki as Tae, the owner of the bento shop where Chihiro works
Production
The film was announced on Netflix. It is based on the manga series Chihiro-san by Hiroyuki Yasuda. The principal photography of the film took place in Hiroshima, Japan. The trailer of the film was released on 6 December 2022.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 8 critics' reviews are positive.
Brian Costello of Common Sense Media rated the film 4 stars out of 5.
Tatat Bunnag of Bangkok Post, Felix Martua of The Jakarta Post reviewed the film.
