Faraway Sunset

Jul 4, 1992

1h 59m

★ 0.0

Overview

Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Shika Noguchi

Yoshiko Mita

Hideyo Noguchi

Hiroshi Mikami

Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Yoneko Yamauchi

Riho Makise

Ryutaro

Takahiro Tamura

Dr. Watanabe

Shingo Yamashiro

Dr. Kitasato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Mary

Julie Dreyfus

Toshinori Omi

Chisako Hara

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

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