Hideki TAKEUCHI 武内英樹
Thermae Romae
テルマエ・ロマエ
Nippon Cinema ª
120 B.C.: Roman architect Lucius Modestus is struggling with designing public bathhouses that can keep up with the trends of his time. While visiting the baths in order to find inspiration, he gets sucked into the drain – and finds himself in modern day Japan. The ideas he adapts from Japanese bathing culture might even help the Romans win a war.
テルマエ・ロマエ
Japan 2012
109 minutes
Director
Hideki TAKEUCHI
Script
Shogo MUTO based on a manga by Mari YAMAZAKI
Cinematography
Kazunari KAWAGOE
Music
Norihito SUMITOMO
Production
Fuji Television Network, Toho, Dentsu, Enterbrain
World sales
Pony Canyon
Cast
Hiroshi ABE, Aya UETO, Masahika ISHIMURA, Kazuki KITAMURA
About Hideki TAKEUCHI
武内英樹
Hideki TAKEUCHI was born in 1966. After completing his studies at Waseda University, he began working at Fuji TV in 1990 and directed numerous successful TV dramas. His big break came in 2012 with THERMAE ROMAE (NC ’13). His subsequent films THERMAE ROMAE 2 (2014) and FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA (2019 / NIPPON CINEMA AWARD 2019 and Japan Academy Film Prize 2020) also achieved great success.