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Japanese Story

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Rating
R
Duration
1h 50m
Year
2003
Language
English
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films

About

Sandy Edwards (Toni Collette), an ambitious geologist, suddenly finds herself having to baby-sit Hiromitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) a taciturn Japanese businessman. Hoping to strike up a business deal, she agrees to take him on a field trip around Western Australia's remote Pilbara desert. Against the background of the outback these two diametrically opposed strangers are to find themselves thrust together in a potentially life or death situation. As they journey further and further into the desert, they leave more and more of what they know about each other and themselves behind.

Related Subjects

  • Romance

Extended Details

  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

    Reviews

    "The full arc of Toni Collette's performance reveals itself, and we see that the end was there even in the beginning. This is that rare sort of film that is not about what happens, but about what happens then."
    Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
    "Japanese Story is a simple, austerely told tale. But there is something memorable, even haunting, about it."
    Richard Schickel, TIME
    "Aided immensely by the sweep and beauty of Ian Baker's precisely framed widescreen camerawork and the sleek editing of Jill Bilcock, Brooks succeeds in presenting a credible portrait of a woman whose attitude toward life is changed by her unexpected confrontation with powerfully conflicting emotions."
    David Stratton, Variety

    Artists

    Sue BrooksDirector
    Alison TilsonWriter
    Sue MaslinProducer
    Toni ColletteActor
    Gotaro TsunashimaActor
    Matthew DyktynskiActor
    Lynette CurranActor
    Yumiko TanakaActor
    Kate AtkinsonActor