In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense

Jul 3, 1999

1h 48m

★ 0.0

Overview

A drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic creation of her masterpiece, "Wanderings in the Realm of the Seventh Sense," her unknown years spent in poor health and poverty, and the present-day world from which we see her work.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tantan-Sha Company

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Cast

Midori Ozaki

Kayoko Shiraishi

Shogumino

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Takeo Takahashi

Daijirō Harada

Fumiko Hayashi

Junko Miyashita

Kaoru Hayakawa

Kazuko Shirakawa

Sumako Fukao

Michino Yokoyama

Grandmother

Keiko Utsumi

Maki Ishikawa

Shirō Shimomoto

Seiji Nakamitsu

Ikken Sawamura

Misako Honjo

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