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Daughter of Time

Daughter of Time

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Drama

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A member of the jieitai ("Self-Defense Force"; i.e. Japanese military) is on leave and finds a woman giving birth in a graveyard in the former Yoshiwara district. He takes her to an inn to gove birth, and stays on a few days as she recovers, but becomes fascinated with the strange people he meets there, particularly the owner, who visits a house in his courtyard every day to talk and give food to his mother. He says she is very sick and can't leave bed, but no one else has ever been inside or seen her.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

20 December 1980

Country

Japan

Cast

Kisako Makishi

Kisako Makishi

Aya Takehisa

Motomi Makiguchi

Motomi Makiguchi

Fireworks Hand 1

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Fireworks Hand 2

Chiyomi Fujii

Chiyomi Fujii

Sutekichi Kiyokawa

Mariko Kaga

Mariko Kaga

Ai Suwa

Hikaru Hashimizu

Hikaru Hashimizu

Eiji

Tatsuo Umemiya

Tatsuo Umemiya

Sotaro

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