Japanese-American Drama OH LUCY! To Open Theatrically in New York City This March

OH LUCY! will open theatrically at the The Landmark in New York City on March 2, 2018. The film stars Shinobu Terajima (Dear Etranger, Star Sand, Akame 48 Waterfalls), Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful, Blackhawk Down), Shioli Kutsuna (The Outsider, Deadpool 2), Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)

OH LUCY! is a 2017 American-Japanese drama written and directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The film is nominated for two Film Independent Spirit Awards Including Best First Feature and Best Female Lead.

Setsuko (Shinobu Terajima) is a single, emotionally unfulfilled woman, seemingly stuck with a drab, meaningless life in Tokyo. At least until she's convinced by her niece, Mika to enroll in an unorthodox English class that requires her to wear a blonde wig and take on an American alter ego named "Lucy." This new identity awakens something dormant in Setsuko, and she quickly develops romantic feelings for her American instructor, John (Josh Hartnett). When John suddenly disappears from class and Setsuko learns that he and her niece were secretly dating, Setsuko enlists the help of her sister, Ayako and the pair fly halfway across the world to the outskirts of Southern California in search of the runaway couple. In a brave new world of tattoo parlors and seedy motels, family ties and past lives are tested as Setsuko struggles to preserve the dream and promise of "Lucy."