Japanese Story (2003)

6.5	Rating (49 ratings)
6.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Sue Brooks

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Toni Collette
Sandy Edwards

Gotaro Tsunashima
Hiromitsu Tachibana

Matthew Dyktynski
Bill Baird

Lynette Curran
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Yumiko Tanaka
Yukiko Tachibana

Kate Atkinson
Jackie

Bill Young
Jimmy Smithers

George Shevtsov
James (lawyer)

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The plot left a bit to be desired in this movie, and the Japanese character was written a bit shallowly, but this movie still had an interesting take on a pretty routine plot. A female Australian Geologist ends up playing driver to a Japanese man, and she never is exactly sure why he deserves this attention. He's uncommunicative and bossy, and young and attractive. Some plot devices are pretty ... read more

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Against the background of an Australian desert landscape, so much space and so few people, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. The end of the journey leaves no-one capable of going back to where they started from.

Release date: 25 September 2003
UPC: 043396044623

Tags: Australia (6), Romance (5), Drama (5), Survival (3), Geology (2), Road Trip (2), 2003 (2), Tragedy (2), 2000s (2), Australian (1), Outback (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), {romance 08} (1), Sort (1), Japanese Character (1), SnP (1)

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"Against the background of an Australian desert landscape, so much space and so few people, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. The end of the journey leaves no-one capable of going back to where they started from. "