The Exam (お受験) 25 years old

Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.

Credits

The Exam Cast

Name Character
Yūko Tanaka She was 44, now 69 years old as ToshieTogashi
Ittoku Kishibe He was 52, now 77 years old as Headmaster
Yukijirō Hotaru He was 47, now 73 years old
Kazuma Suzuki He was 30, now 56 years old as Hashio Nakamura
Ren Osugi He was 47, 66 years old when he died as Yoshimoto
Takashi Sasano He was 51, now 76 years old as Kanno
Toshiyuki Nagashima He was 42, now 68 years old as Thomas Kurita
Hirotaro Honda He was 48, now 73 years old as Shoichi Honda
Sô Yamanaka as Athelete A
Yu Tokui He was 39, now 65 years old as Haruyuki Shoba
Masahiko Nishimura He was 38, now 63 years old
Eikichi Yazawa He was 49, now 75 years old as Masumi Togashi
Arimasa Ohsawa
Kimiko Yo She was 43, now 68 years old as Midori Chiaki
Yukiko Tachibana She was 48, now 73 years old
Yuriko Hirooka She was 34, now 59 years old
Masako Motai She was 46, now 72 years old
Atsuko Nakamura She was 58, now 83 years old
Natsumi Ohira as Mayumi Togashi
Koji Sasagawa
Megumi Kobayashi She was 22, now 47 years old

The Exam Crew

Name Department
Naoki Kayano as Cinematography. Crew
Yōjirō Takita as Director. He was 43 (now 68) years old Directing
Nobuyuki Isshiki as Writer. He was 39 (now 64) years old Writing
Toshihiko Sato as Original Music Composer. Sound
Kyôko Heya as Production Design. Art
Isao Tomita as Editor. He was 67 (70) years old when He died Editing
The Exam (25 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, July 03, 1999
  • Runtime: 114 minutes