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2004

Sayonara Color

SAYONARA COLOR

サヨナラ COLOR

(c) KINDAI EIGA KYOKAI CO., LTD./ NIKKEN INC/ EISEI GEKIJYO, Co., Ltd

(c) KINDAI EIGA KYOKAI CO., LTD./ NIKKEN INC/ EISEI GEKIJYO, Co., Ltd

(c) KINDAI EIGA KYOKAI CO., LTD./ NIKKEN INC/ EISEI GEKIJYO, Co., Ltd

(c) KINDAI EIGA KYOKAI CO., LTD./ NIKKEN INC/ EISEI GEKIJYO, Co., Ltd

Release Date
August, 13th, 2005
Running Time
119 min
Genre
Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
35mm

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

KINDAI EIGA KYOKAI, NIKKEN, Eisei Gekijo

[ Story ]

Sayonara Color is the fifth film by Takenaka Naoto, one of Japan's most respected character actors and the director of Muno no Hito (Nowhere Man) and Tokyo Biyori.
Shohei (Takenaka Naoto) works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patient is admitted to the hospital with ovarian cancer. Shohei is surprised to recognize Michiko (Harada Tomoyo), his first love from high school. Shohei has been leading a dissolute bachelor life, paying for the company of high school girls and dating an older woman who works in a local bar, but in reality, for the last twenty years, he has not forgotten Michiko. Unfortunately though, Michiko doesn't remember him at all. Shohei becomes more and more persistent in his attempts to get her to recall their past. At first she is annoyed by his overtures, but gradually warms to the doctor. Under Shohei's kind and patient care, Michiko's condition improves and her cancer becomes operable. The operation is a success, but now Shohei himself learns that he has terminal cancer.

[ Contact (International) ]

KINDAI EIGA KYOKAI CO., LTD.
4F, Katagiri Bldg., 2-36-2 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0051
Rep: SHINDO Jiro
tel: +81-3-6261-3101
fax: +81-3-6261-3102
E-mail: kindai@kindaieikyo.com
http://www.kindaieikyo.com

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