Secret (1999)

Profile

• Movie: Secret
• Romaji: Himitsu
• Japanese: 秘密

• Director: Yojiro Takita
• Writer: Keigo Higashino (novel), Hiroshi Saito
• Executive Producer: Yasuhiro Mase
• Producer: Jun’ichi Shindô, Setsuro Tagami
• Cinematography:
• Release Date: September 25, 1999
• Runtime: 119 min.
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Yojiro Takita directs this witty, understated comedy about the clash between generations and the different facets of love. Naoko (Kayoko Kishimoto) and her 17-year-old daughter Monami are hospitalized after their bus plunges off the edge of a cliff. Just as Naoko is about to die, she manages to transfer her soul to her daughter’s body so as not to be separated from her husband Heisuke (Kaoru Kobayashi).