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A Girl in the Sunset

A Girl in the Sunset

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Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second graduating class of the new Graduate School of Film and New Media at Japan’s top art school, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), where famed directors Takeshi Kitano and Kiyoshi Kurosawa teach.

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Budget

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

26 January 2008

Country

Japan

Cast

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

(segment "Itaria no Uta")

Kazuya Takahashi

Kazuya Takahashi

(segment "Itaria no Uta")

Maiko Yamada

Maiko Yamada

(segment "Musume Gokoro")

Seiko Iwaido

Seiko Iwaido

(segment "Musume Gokoro")

Haru

Haru

(segment "Asakusa no Shimai ")

Hanae Kan

Hanae Kan

(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")

Takayo Mimura

Takayo Mimura

(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")

Reiko Igarashi

Reiko Igarashi

(segment "Yuubae Shojo")

Ryunosuke Kawai

Ryunosuke Kawai

(segment "Yuubae Shojo")

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