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Echo of Silence

Oct 19, 2008

1h 34m

★ 8.1

Overview

In a small town of Hokkaido, Yunni, Fusako Kurokawa (Saki Takaoka), lives a quiet life with her father. Life here is very simple, but it is good enough and she is happy enough. Days go on as usual. with some coincidence, she meets this man one day, Wataru Kadokura (Atsuro Watabe) a man who cannot speak. A very peaceful "time" now becomes part of her daily life as this strong emotion suddenly takes place in her simple quiet life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Laetitia Film

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Cast

Fusako Kurokawa

Saki Takaoka

Wataru Kadokura

Atsuro Watabe

Keiko Tadokoro

Léona Hirota

Sachi Kurokawa

Miki

Shigeru

Kazuma Suzuki

Ryo Kurokawa

Toshiyuki Kitami

Midori Maruyama

Eri Watanabe

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