Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Japanese theatrical release poster
Kanji	誰かが私にキスをした
Literal meaning	Someone kissed me
Revised Hepburn	Dare ka ga Watashi ni Kisu o Shita
Directed by	Hans Canosa
Screenplay by	Gabrielle Zevin
Based on	Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
Produced by	Kwesi Collisson
Starring	Maki Horikita Kenichi Matsuyama Yuya Tegoshi Anton Yelchin Emma Roberts Mirei Kiritani Kylee
Cinematography	Jaron Presant
Music by	Kylee
Production companies	Aoi Production Dot Dot Dot Films
Distributed by	Toei Company (Japan)
Release date	27 March 2010 (2010-03-27) (Japan)
Running time	124 minutes
Countries	Japan United States
Languages	Japanese English

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (Japanese: 誰かが私にキスをした, Hepburn: Dare ka ga Watashi ni Kisu o Shita) is a 2010 teen drama film directed by Hans Canosa, based on the 2007 young adult novel of the same name by Gabrielle Zevin. The film stars Maki Horikita, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuya Tegoshi, and American actor Anton Yelchin.

Cast

• Maki Horikita as Naomi Sukuse
• Yuya Tegoshi as Mirai Hasegawa
• Kenichi Matsuyama as Yuji Miwa
• Anton Yelchin as Ace Zuckerman
• Emma Roberts as Alice Leeds
• Misa Shimizu as Mrs. Hasegawa
• Atsuro Watabe as Goro Sukuse
• Kylee as Winnie
• Reira as Ace's new girlfriend
• Julia Sniegowski as Brianna
• Arthur Rempel as Robert Sutton
• Haruki Kimura as Bailey Plotkin
• Ai Ozaki as Yu Arisa
• Ian Moore as Mr. Weir
• Karen Kirishima as Risa Arisa
• Mirei Kiritani as Yumi
• Yukiko Hattori as Yuji's mother
• David Neale as Dr. Pillar
• Yui Ozaki as Eri Arisa
• Yoriko Kamimura as Ms. Ishibashi
• Michelle Take as Mrs. Tarkington

Production

In November 2008 the film was announced under the title Lost Memories. Filming began on 26 November 2008 and ended in early January 2009.

The film was originally planned to be shot and produced in the United States. However, the production was moved to Japan and the high school setting of the novel was changed to an international school for the film. With this change, the film was able to keep much of the English-language dialogue from the source material.

Release

The film opened in Japan in March 2010 on 247 screens. It was the 10th top earning film its opening weekend.

External links

• Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac at IMDb