Off-Balance

Off-Balance (非・バランス) is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Shin Togashi based on the novel Hi-baransu by Naoko Uozumi which won the author the Kodansha Award for New Writers of Children's Literature.

Cast

 * Megumi Hatachiya as Chiaki
 * Fumiyo Kohinata as Kiku-chan
 * Yu Hatano as Mizue
 * Momoka Nakamura as Yukari
 * Shūji Kashiwabara as Heath
 * Tomato as Yuri-chan
 * Kumiko Tsuchiya as Homeroom Teacher
 * Ryūshi Mizukami as Video Store Clerk
 * Masayo Umezawa as Mizue's Mother
 * Noriko Hayami as Masayoshi's Wife
 * Mieko Harada as Chiaki's Mother

Awards
23rd Yokohama Film Festival
 * Won: Best New Director - Shin Togashi
 * 10th Best Film