I Are You, You Am Me

I Are You, You Am Me

113 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 17, 1982

9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.

I Are You, You Am Me

113 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 17, 1982

I Are You, You Am Me
9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Art Theatre Guild
Original title 転校生
Directors Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writers Hisashi Yamanaka, Wataru Kenmochi

Cast

Satomi Kobayashi

as Kazumi Saitoh

Toshinori Omi

as Kazuo Saitoh

Makoto Satō

as Akio Saitoh

Sayuri Ishibashi

as Girl Student 'C'

Wakaba Irie

as Chie Saitoh

Etsuko Shihomi

as Mitsuko Ono

Maki Akita

as Girl Student 'B'

Masae Hayashi

as Akemi Yoshino

Kiyoshi Hitomi

as Innkeeper

Kouichi Inoue

as Jiroh Saitoh

Mihoko Itoh

as Girl Student 'D'

Munenori Iwamoto

as Masaaki Kaneko

Sumiko Kakizaki

as Keiko Kawahara

Kazuo Kamoshida

as Punk

Haruya Katō

as H.S. Principal

Kirin Kiki

as Naoko Saitoh

Masahiko Nakagawa

as Yoshiyuki Saitoh

Daisuke Ohyama

as Kenji Sakui

Takahiro Saitoh

as Shizuo Fukuda

Tomoko Saotome

as Girl Student 'A'

Jō Shishido

as Kouzou Saitoh

Masuno Takahashi

as Masuno Saitoh

Shinobu Tsuruta

as Group Leader

Koji Yamanaka

as Hiroshi Yamamoto