A Girl in the Sunset

Jan 26, 2008

1h 40m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Geneon Entertainment

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Cast

(segment "Itaria no Uta")

Yuriko Yoshitaka

(segment "Itaria no Uta")

Kazuya Takahashi

(segment "Musume Gokoro")

Maiko Yamada

(segment "Musume Gokoro")

Seiko Iwaido

(segment "Asakusa no Shimai ")

Haru

(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")

Hanae Kan

(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")

Takayo Mimura

(segment "Yuubae Shojo")

Reiko Igarashi

(segment "Yuubae Shojo")

Ryunosuke Kawai

Segment 1 - actress Saki Aibu plays a woman who doesn't do anything. Segment 2 - actress Asami Mizukawa plays an unlucky woman who messes up a man. Segment 3 - actress Koyuki plays an excessively beautiful woman. Segment 4 - actress Yuka plays an easy/promiscuous woman. Segment 5 - actress Kyoko Hasegawa plays an ordinary woman.

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7.1

Comedy

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Love Scene

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0.0

The First Love Series

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5.0

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4.5

One Night Stand

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7.2

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6.2

Doomsday Book

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5.7

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6.0

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7.3

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