Hitsudan Hostess (筆談ホステス) 14 years old

The story is based on the bestselling autobiography of 25-year-old Rie Saito, who became a number-one hostess in Ginza despite being deaf. "Hitsudan Hostess" was published by Kobunsha this past May, and so far it has sold roughly 115,000 copies. The book depicts the life of Saito, who was born in Aomori and became deaf at the age of 1 due to an illness. She rebelled against her strict parents, and she ran away from home several times as a youth. At a local club, she began taking an interest in "hitsudan" (communicating through writing), which she later made use of when she moved to Tokyo and became a popular hostess at a Ginza club. --Tokyograph

Credits

Satomi Tezuka as Kyoko Nagai

Keiko Kitagawa as Rie Saito

Takashi Sasano as Kyojo Segawa

Yoshiko Tanaka as Emiko Saito

Naho Toda as Miharu Kawahara

Jun Inoue as Shisei Kobashi

Hitsudan Hostess Cast

Name	Character
Satomi Tezuka She was 48, now 63 years old	as Kyoko Nagai
Keiko Kitagawa She was 23, now 38 years old	as Rie Saito
Takashi Sasano He was 61, now 76 years old	as Kyojo Segawa
Yoshiko Tanaka She was 53, 55 years old when she died	as Emiko Saito
Naho Toda She was 35, now 50 years old	as Miharu Kawahara
Jun Inoue He was 62, now 77 years old	as Shisei Kobashi
Seiji Fukushi	as Satoshi Saito

Hitsudan Hostess Crew

Name	Department

Hitsudan Hostess (14 years)

Release day: Sunday, January 10, 2010
Runtime: 92 minutes