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2002 / Japan / 1hour 55min / Color
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| 2002 |
Venice International Film Festioval Critic's Week |
| 2002 |
Golden Alexander Award at International Thessaloniki Film Festival |
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Credit
Director / Screenplay / Editor: Hidenori Sugimori
Cast
Ryo Shimizu: UA
Yusaku Miyazawa: Tadanobu Asanov
Yukino: HIKARU
Midori: Mayumi Ogawa
Tadao Shimizu: Yutaka Enatsu
Yoshio: Ryuichi Oura
Nakayo: Sansei Shiomi
Dazai: Taka Okubo
Inu no Sanpo Otoko: Bonchi Osamu
Policeman: Mitsuzo Ishii
Entotsu Soji Nin: Yoshitaka Zushi
Seizaisho no Chunen Otoko: Sho Ryuzanji
Satoko: YUKI
Yasujiro: Karoku Miyakoya
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[About the Director]
While Hidenori Sugimori was at Waseda University, he directed his debut film GREY which won him a prize at the Pia Film Festival. In 1983 he joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) as a director and directed various kinds of programs - documentaries, music programs, and dramas (e.g. "Sei-Sei-Sei - the legend of a Buddhist Priest -"). In 1991 he left NHK upon his 30th birthday and began working on his career as an independent director and writer.
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[Synopsis]
A woman whose emotions trigger rain falls in love with a smoldering pyromaniac. Set in a public bath - a vanishing element of Japanese culture - this is a modern myth of love and healing.
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