Heaven's Bookstore

KENTA (Tetsuji Tamayama), a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named YAMAKI (Yoshio Harada). He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books. Yamaki appears once again, and tells him that this is Heaven's Book Service and Kenta is going to start working a short-term part-time job here. In addition to selling books, this bookstore, owned by Yamaki, provides a service of reading aloud to customers. Although he is unsure of his new surroundings, Kenta follows their actions and starts to work in his new part-time job.

Grosses

Japan
$1,151,286
Domestic ()
Summary Details
Opening$408,363
165 theaters
Release DateJun 5, 2004
Running Time1 hr 51 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release210 days/30 weeks
Widest Release166 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jun 5-67$408,363-165-$2,474$408,3631
Jun 12-139$278,259-31.9%166+1$1,676$1,151,2862