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2017

Ernesto

ERNESTO

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(c)2017 "ERNESTO" FILM PARTNERS.

(c)2017 "ERNESTO" FILM PARTNERS.

(c)2017 "ERNESTO" FILM PARTNERS.

(c)2017 "ERNESTO" FILM PARTNERS.

(c)2017 "ERNESTO" FILM PARTNERS.

(c)2017 "ERNESTO" FILM PARTNERS.

Release Date
October, 6th, 2017
Running Time
124 min
Genre
Drama , Historical , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
DCP
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

Kino Films, RTV COMERCIAL

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Kino Films, Kinoshita Group

[ Story ]

In this drama, Sakamoto Junji, director of Human Trust and The Projects, portrays the life of a man of Japanese descent who fought alongside Che Guevara and from whom he was given his first name. Odagiri Joe plays Freddy Maemura Hurtado, who was in league with Guevara fifty years ago.
Freddy Maemura Hur tado (Odagiri), a second-generation Japanese-Bolivian, goes to Havana University in Cuba aspiring to become a doctor. Then, amid the Cuban Missile Crisis, Freddy meets Che Guevara (Juan Miguel Valero Acosta) and joins his unit. Together they fight against the Bolivian military regime.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.ernesto.jp

[ Contact (International) ]

Kinoshita Group Co., Ltd.
International Contents Division

29F, Shinjuku I-land Tower, 6-5-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1329
tel: +81 3 6459 2998
fax: +81 3 5908 2232
E-mail: kinofilms-master@kinofilms.jp
http://www.kinofilms.jp

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