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Nijirô Murakami | ... | Kaito | |
Junko Abe | ... | Kyôko (as Jun Yoshinaga) | |
Miyuki Matsuda | ... | Isa | |
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Tetta Sugimoto | ... | Tôru |
Makiko Watanabe | ... | Misaki | |
Jun Murakami | ... | Atsushi | |
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Hideo Sakaki | ||
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Sadae Sakae | ||
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Kazurô Maeda | ||
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Mitsuaki Nakano | ||
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Yukiharu Kawabata | ||
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Yukiyo Maeda | ||
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Kinue Yasuda | ||
Fujio Tokita |
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love. Written by Cannes Film Festival
Disregard the bubble gum chewing burgers with attention deficit disorder whining about this movie being "boring". Sure, it is slow paced. But it's a very profound and beautiful allegory about nature and life. If you cannot appreciate the poetry of this film, I'm afraid your soul has been rotted away or you never had one.