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In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense

第七官界彷徨 尾崎翠を探して

Directed by Sachi Hamano (浜野佐知)

1998•108 min
Genre
Drama
Topic
Creativity
Mood
Lingering
Language
Japanese
Featured in
A Life’s Work

Synopsis

A drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic creation of her masterpiece, "Wanderings in the Realm of the Seventh Sense," her unknown years spent in poor health and poverty, and the present-day world from which we see her work.

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Selected Awards

Winner

Japanese Independent Film Festival

Amari Hayashi Award (2000)

Footnote

  1. Social impact

    Financed through a crowdfunding campaign of over 12,000 individual donations from women across Japan

Main Cast

Kayoko ShiraishiKayoko ShiraishiMidori Ozaki
Kazuko YoshiyukiKazuko YoshiyukiShogumino
Daijirō HaradaDaijirō HaradaTakeo Takahashi
Junko MiyashitaJunko MiyashitaFumiko Hayashi
Kazuko ShirakawaKazuko ShirakawaKaoru Hayakawa
Michino YokoyamaMichino YokoyamaSumako Fukao
KUKeiko UtsumiGrandmother
Maki IshikawaMaki Ishikawa

Director

Sachi Hamano浜野佐知RegionEast AsiaIn archive2 filmsHeritageJapanMore→

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