Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 4, 1992
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shochiku,TV Asahi,Tokyu Group
- Cast
- Shingo Yamashiro,Chisako Hara,Julie Dreyfus,Hiroyuki Nagato,Hiroshi Mikami,Yoshiko Mita,Takahiro Tamura,Toshinori Omi,Riho Makise,Tatsuya Nakadaiand 1 more
- Director
- Seijiro Koyama
- Writer
- Kaneto Shindō
- Producer
- Kazuyoshi Okuyama
- Cinematography
- Masahiko Iimura
- Music
- Tetsuji Hayashi
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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