It All Began When I Met You
is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Katsuhide Motoki, and released by Warner Bros. in Japan on 22 November 2013. Inspired by the 2003 British romantic comedy Love Actually, the film is made up of six separate stories revolving around ten people at Tokyo Station just before Christmas. It was produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station, and was filmed with full cooperation by the railway company JR East. Stories Cast Story 1: Eve no Koibito Hiroshi Tamaki as Kazuki Kuroyama, a company president Rin Takanashi as Reiko Sasaki, an aspiring actress Story 2: Enkyori Renai Fumino Kimura as Yukina Yamaguchi, a fashion designer Masahiro Higashide as Takumi Tsumura, a construction worker Story 3: Christmas no Yūki Tsubasa Honda as Natsumi Otomo, a cake shop employee Story 4: Christmas Present Miwako Ichikawa as Chiharu Kishimoto, an orphanage worker Emiri Kai as Akane Terai Story 5: Nibun no Ichi Seijinshiki Saburō Tokitō as Masayuki Miyazaki, a train driver Nene Otsuka as Saori Miyazaki, Masayuki's wife Ryutaro Yamasaki as Koji Miyazaki, their son Story 6: Okurete Kita Present Chieko Baisho as Kotoko Oshima, a Tokyo Station pastry shop employee Nenji Kobayashi as Taizo Matsuura Special screenings The film was screened at the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival on 23 October 2013. References External links It All Began When I Met You at KineNote 2013 films Japanese anthology films Japanese remakes of foreign films Films directed by Katsuhide Motoki Films scored by Yoshihiro Ike 2010s Japanese-language films