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Artist of Fasting
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Artist of Fasting

Feb 27, 2016
1h 45m
★ 4.8

Overview

A wordless man stages an unexplained hunger strike and the people surrounding him exploit his silence to further their own cause...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Asia Culture Centre-Asian Arts Theatre

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Cast

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Hunger Striker

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Juri Ihata

Young Girl

Juri Ihata

Tomorowo Taguchi

Narration (voice)

Tomorowo Taguchi

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Ukan Abeta

Shoichi Honda

Shoichi Honda

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Woman Doctor

Hiroko Itō

Takatsugu Iwama

Takatsugu Iwama

Kaoru Sakurako

Kaoru Sakurako

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Young Monk

Sankichi Kawamoto

Shô Ryûzanji

Shô Ryûzanji

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Taizô Sakurai

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Old Monk

Shu Wada