Himitsu (film)

Himitsu
Himitsu
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Yōjirō Takita
Written by	Hiroshi Saitō
Based on	Naoko; by Keigo Higashino
Produced by	Yasuhiro Mase; Junichi Sindo; Setsuro Tagami
Starring	Ryōko Hirosue; Kaoru Kobayashi; Kayoko Kishimoto; Ken Kaneko; Yuriko Ishida; Hideaki Itō
Cinematography	Naoki Kayano
Edited by	Isao Tomita
Music by	Mariya Takeuchi; Ryudo Uzaki
Distributed by	TBS
Release date	25 September 1999 (Japan);
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Himitsu (Japanese: 秘密), also known as Secret, is a 1999 Japanese fantasy romance film directed by Yōjirō Takita, starring Ryōko Hirosue, Kaoru Kobayashi and Kayoko Kishimoto^[1] and based on the novel Naoko by Keigo Higashino. It was released on 25 September 1999. An English-language French remake, The Secret, was released in 2007.

Cast

It was chosen as the runner-up in the Best 10 films at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival.^[2]

Award	Date	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Sitges Film Festival^[3]^[4]	October 2000	Best Actress	Ryōko Hirosue	Won
		Best Screenplay	Hiroshi Saitō	Won
		Best Film	Himitsu	Nominated

↑ 秘密 (1999). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
↑ １９９９年度日本映画ベストテン. homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 July 2014.
↑ "Awards 2000". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
↑ "Films". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2014.