Jigyaku no Uta (自虐の詩, lit. "Self-torture Song") is a Japanese manga series by Yoshiie Gouda. The series was adapted by Yukihiko Tsutsumi into a film, known in Japan under the same title and in the United States as Happily Ever After. Viz Pictures licensed the film for release in the United States.
| Jigyaku no Uta | |
| 自虐の詩 | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yoshiie Gouda |
| Published by | Kobunsha Takeshobo |
| Magazine | Weekly Hōseki |
| Original run | 1985 – 1990 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Live-action film | |
| Happily Ever After | |
| Directed by | Yukihiko Tsutsumi |
| Released | October 27, 2007 |
The series follows husband and wife Isao Hayama (葉山 イサオ, Hayama Isao) and Yukie Morita (森田 幸江, Morita Yukie). Yukie works at a noodle shop for long hours while Isao is a lazy gangster. Yukie's friends ask her to leave her husband, but Yukie feels an obligation to him because Isao had initially saved her from misery.
The film aired in a selection of theaters in the United States.[1][2]
Principal cast
edit- Miki Nakatani as Yukie
- Hiroshi Abe as Isao
- Toshiyuki Nishida as Yukie's father
References
edit- ^ "Happily Ever After." VIZ Pictures. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.
- ^ "Happily Ever After To Screen In Select U.S. Cities Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine." Animation World Network. August 11, 2008. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
- Film official blog (in Japanese)
- Official website at Viz Pictures
- Jigyaku no Uta at IMDb
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