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I Are You, You Am Me (1982)

I Are You, You Am Me poster
Original title
転校生
Directed by
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Genre
teen film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two Japanese teenagers swap bodies and must navigate each other's lives. The film follows their struggles and comic misunderstandings as they try to switch back.

body-swapcomediclightheartedconfusedawkwardwhimsicalteenagequirky

What happens

I Are You, You Am Me (Japanese: 転校生, Hepburn: Tenkōsei), also known as Exchange Students, is a 1982 Japanese fantasy film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Obayashi himself directed and co-wrote a second film based on the same novel, premiered in 2007 and titled Switching: Goodbye Me (転校生-さよなら あなた-, Tenkōsei: Sayonara Anata). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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