Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Directed by	Hiroshi Nishitani
Produced by	Yuji Usui Kazutoshi Wadakura
Starring	Yūji Oda Yūki Amami Erika Toda Rocco Papaleo Kōichi Satō
Music by	Yugo Kanno
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	July 18, 2009
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese Italian English
Box office	¥3.65 billion (Japan) $169,650 (overseas)

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (アマルフィ 女神の報酬, Amarufi: Megami no hôshû) is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Nishitani. It was followed by the TV drama sequel The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda and the film sequel Andalucia: Revenge of the Goddess.

Premise

Kuroda is a foreign diplomat working in the coastal town of Amalfi, Italy. He investigates the case of a young Japanese girl kidnapped off the streets of Rome at Christmas, eventually falling in love with the girl's mother.

Cast

• Yūji Oda as Kōsaku Kuroda
• Yūki Amami as Saeko Yagami
• Kōichi Satō as Masaki Fujii
• Erika Toda as Kanae Adachi
• Nene Otsuka as Yoshimi Haba
• Akira Onodera
• Shirō Sano as Michio Nishino
• Sarah Brightman herself
• Rocco Papaleo as inspector Bartolini
• Masaharu Fukuyama (special appearance) as Shōgo Saeki
• Kiichi Nakai as the voice of Hiroshi Kataoka