Sleeping Bride (2000): Cast & Plot
Sleeping Bride is a 2000 romantic drama directed by Hideo Nakata, starring Risa Goto as Yumi Iida, Rikiya Ôtaka and Moro Morooka. It runs 1 hour 40 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 40m (100 min)
- Director
- Hideo Nakata
- Original language
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Japanese - Studio
- Nikkatsu Corporation
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Sleeping Bride About?
The premise of Sleeping Bride without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Yumi has been in a perpetual sleep since birth. While staying in the same hospital, Yuuichi discovers her and, after a nurse likens her to Sleeping Beauty, becomes convinced that a princely kiss will rouse her. He visits daily, declaring, “Wake up, I’m the prince,” and kisses her. A decade later he resumes his ritual, and finally Yumi awakens.
Sleeping Bride Themes & Keywords
· 34 tags- japanese girl
- teenager
- hospital
- japanese teenager
- teenage girl
- japanese schoolgirl
- japanese high school girl
- japanese school
- asian school
- east asia
- schoolgirl
- schoolgirl uniform
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- first kiss
- brunette
- coma
- doctor
- physician
- east asian girl
- nurse
- nurse's uniform
- doctor patient relationship
- doctor patient
- kiss on the mouth
- mother son relationship
- reporter
- church wedding
- live tv
- kiss on the lips
- airplane
- girl wears a school uniform
- girl
- young
- based on graphic novel
- based on novel
Sleeping Bride Cast & Characters
Risa Goto leads the cast as Yumi Iida, with Rikiya Ôtaka as Yuuichi Nagasawa (Aged 7) and Moro Morooka as Yumi's father. Directed by Hideo Nakata; 15 actors are credited in all.
- Director Hideo Nakata
- Risa Goto as Yumi Iida
- Rikiya Ôtaka as Yuuichi Nagasawa (Aged 7)
- Moro Morooka as Yumi's father
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Toshie Negishi as Nurse
Also Starring in Sleeping Bride
· 11 more- Tarô Suwa
- Takaaki Enoki Dr. Hishikawa
- Yūko Natori Ritsuko Nagasawa
- Michiko Kawai Mitsu Fukuhara
- Ayako Yoshitani
- Masako Masako Iida
- Tomiyuki Kunihiro
- Yoko Ohshima Yuuchi's mother
- Tomoka Hayashi Keiko Mizoguchi
- Hiroki Kohara Yuuichi Nagasawa (17 years)
- Mika Sawada
Sleeping Bride Plot Summary
What happens in Sleeping Bride from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 8-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
On March 13, 1954, a passenger plane crashes in Japan, taking the lives of all aboard except one: a woman who is nine months pregnant. She dies in a hospital, but her unborn daughter, Yumi, is saved. Yet the child never wakes; she remains in a profound coma. Her wealthy father, represented in the cast by Moro Morooka, withdraws from public life and places Yumi in a private hospital, offering a substantial reward to anyone who can wake her while he searches for a cure, effectively vanishing from sight.
Full summary
The whole story of Sleeping Bride, scene by scene
Sleeping Bride Also Known As
2 alternative titles: “Garasu no nô” and “玻璃之腦”.
- Also known as
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- Garasu no nô
- 玻璃之腦
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Sleeping Bride FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Sleeping Bride, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Sleeping Bride?
Sleeping Bride runs 1 hour 40 minutes (100 minutes).
When was Sleeping Bride released?
Sleeping Bride was released on January 29, 2000.
Who directed Sleeping Bride?
Sleeping Bride was directed by Hideo Nakata.
More films by Hideo Nakata Who is in the cast of Sleeping Bride?
Sleeping Bride stars Risa Goto as Yumi Iida, Rikiya Ôtaka as Yuuichi Nagasawa (Aged 7) and Moro Morooka as Yumi's father, among 15 credited actors.
Does Sleeping Bride have a post-credit scene?
No. Sleeping Bride has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Sleeping Bride in?
The original language of Sleeping Bride is Japanese.
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