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Faraway Sunset
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.
Cast
- Yoshiko Mita as Shika Noguchi
- Hiroshi Mikami as Hideyo Noguchi
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kobayashi
- Riho Makise as Yoneko Yamauchi
- Takahiro Tamura as Ryutaro
- Shingo Yamashiro as Dr. Watanabe
- Hiroyuki Nagato as Dr. Kitasato
- Julie Dreyfus as Mary
- Toshinori Omi
- Chisako Hara
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Details
- Director
- Seijiro Koyama
- Released
- July 4, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Shochiku, Tokyu Group and TV Asahi
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 10.0 / 10 from 1 votes
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