The Harimaya Bridge

The Harimaya Bridge
Directed byAaron Woolfolk
Written byAaron Woolfolk
Produced byKo Mori
Aaron Woolfolk
StarringBen Guillory
Saki Takaoka
Misa Shimizu
Danny Glover
CinematographyMasao Nakabori
Edited byJohn Coniglio
Music byKazunori Maruyama
Distributed byT-Joy
Release dates
  • June 6, 2009 (2009-06-06) (Japan)
  • March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesJapan
United States
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese

The Harimaya Bridge is a 2009 film written and directed by American filmmaker Aaron Woolfolk. It was filmed in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan and San Francisco. The film had a nationwide theatrical release in Japan in 2009 and an independent theatrical release in the United States in 2010. The film was released on DVD in Japan at the end of 2009 and was released on DVD and video-on-demand by Funimation in the United States in 2011.

The title references the Harimaya bridge in Kochi City, which is connected to a well-known Japanese story about forbidden love.

The film was produced by Ko Mori and Aaron Woolfolk. Executive producers are Danny Glover, Naoshi Yoda, and John Kim. Co-producers are Muneyuki Kii and Tatsuya Kimura. Associate producers are James Lane and Lee Rudnicki.

The film's theme song, "Shūten: Kimi no Ude no Naka", was sung by Japanese singer Misono, who released the song as her 13th single.