The Laughing Frog

For other uses, see Laughing frog (disambiguation).

The Laughing Frog (笑う蛙, Warau Kaeru) is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama.

The Laughing Frog
Japanese name
Kanji	笑う蛙
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Warau Kaeru
Directed by	Hideyuki Hirayama
Starring	Kyōzō Nagatsuka Nene Ootsuka Yuika Motokariya
Cinematography	Kōzō Shibasaki
Release date	July 6, 2002 (2002-07-06)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Ippei Kurasawa
• Nene Ohtsuka as Ryoko Kurasawa
• Mickey Curtis as Kiichiro Aisawa
• Jun Kunimura as Akio Yoshizumi
• Kitarō as Kentaro Inamatsu
• Shuzo Mitamura as Keiji Uzaki
• Kumija Kim as Sakiko Inamatsu
• Kaho Minami as Takako Motoyoshi
• Izumi Yukimura as Sanae Inamatsu

Awards

24th Yokohama Film Festival^[1][2]

• Won: Best Director - Hideyuki Hirayama
• Won: Best Cinematography
• Won: Best Actor - Kyōzō Nagatsuka
• Won: Best Supporting Actress - Nene Otsuka
• 7th Best Film