Description |
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; anamorphic widescreen presentation (16x9), stereo. |
Note |
Title and credits from container. |
Cast |
Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo, Nenji Kobayashi. |
Credits |
Cinematography by, Lee Ping-Bing ; edited by Liao Ching-Sung. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003. |
Audience |
Not rated by the MPAA. |
Summary |
Yoko, a freelance writer, becomes pregnant and chooses, against tradition and her parents' wishes, to raise the baby alone. In her loneliness and confusion, Yoko befriends the owner of a second-hand bookstore, who silently falls in love with her as she contemplates the choice she has made. |
Note |
Special features: interviews, original theatrical trailer, Metro Lumiere documentary. |
Awards |
Venice Film Festival, nominee-Golden Lion. |
Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Friendship -- Drama.
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Unmarried mothers -- Drama.
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Japan -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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Indexed Term |
Yūjō Dorama |
Genre/Form |
Sociological drama.
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Feature films.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Added Author |
Hitoto, Yo.
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Asano, Tadanobu.
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Hagiwara, Masato.
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Yo, Komiko.
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Kobayashi, Nenji, 1943-
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Miyajima, Hideshi.
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Zhu, Tianwen.
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Hou, Xiaoxian, 1947-
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Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Note |
Transliterated title from IMDb: Kōhī jikō |
ISBN |
0794205976 |
Standard No. |
720917547626 |
Music No. |
FLV5476 Wellspring Media |
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