The 'Secret Magic Control Agency' Gives Us a Twist
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A Girl in the Sunset
Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second graduating class of the new Graduate School of Film and New Media at Japan’s top art school, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), where famed directors Takeshi Kitano and Kiyoshi Kurosawa teach.
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Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second graduating class of the new Graduate School of Film and New Media at Japan’s top art school, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), where famed directors Takeshi Kitano and Kiyoshi Kurosawa teach.
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Ayumi Kanno
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Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Geneon Entertainment
Cast
Saki Yamada, Natsuki Seta, Yuichiro Yoshida, Shinju Funabiki
Director
Yuriko Yoshitaka
(segment "Itaria no Uta")
Kazuya Takahashi
(segment "Itaria no Uta")
Maiko Yamada
(segment "Musume Gokoro")
Seiko Iwaido
(segment "Musume Gokoro")
Haru
(segment "Asakusa no Shimai ")
Hanae Kan
(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")
Takayo Mimura
(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")
Reiko Igarashi
(segment "Yuubae Shojo")
Ryunosuke Kawai
(segment "Yuubae Shojo")
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