Bored with her school life, a 16-year-old student leaves home to take a trip along the Pacific Ocean. Read More »
Tag Archives: Yôko Takahashi
Sandakan 8 AKA Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo (1974) Kei Kumai, Komaki Kurihara, Yôko Takahashi, Kinuyo Tanaka
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Kamome-yo, kirameku umi o mitaka/meguri ai / Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? : An Encounter (1975) Kenji Yoshida, Ken Tanaka, Yôko Takahashi, Akemi Negishi, Drama
Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone in the office, she’s spotted rolling up her pantyhose by the window cleaner Kurata Katsuo. This was to be their first encounter. Completely enchanted by Kumi, Katsuo does everything he can to get close to her. He’s is a man with a terrible past. With the death of his coal miner father, his family was broken up and he was forced to follow in his father’s footsteps laboring away in the mud. In spite of this, Katsuo still has dreams. He dreams of living in Resiporuko, a utopian fantasyland that exists only in his imagination.
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