Faraway Sunset

07/04/1992

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1hr 59min

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Drama

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Yoshiko Mita
  • Hiroshi Mikami
  • Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Riho Makise
  • Takahiro Tamura

    Directors

  • Seijiro Koyama
  • Kaneto Shindō
  • Sôichi Umezawa

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Shochiku

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese