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Japanese Story

Year of completion: 2003
Content type: Narrative Content
Format: Feature
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 107 minutes
Production Status: Completed

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on earth. JAPANESE STORY is a journey of change and discovery for its two lead characters.

Completion Year: 2003
Genres: Thriller
Format: Feature
Production Status: Completed

Cast and Crew

Director of Photography

Director

Production Designer

Herbert Pinter, Paddy Reardon

Writer

Editor

Composer

Elizabeth Drake

Producer

Cast

Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Lynette Curran, Matthew Dyktynski, John Howard, Yukiko Tanaka, Kate Atkinson, Bill Young

Awards

2004 — Australasian Performing Right Association Limited

2003 — The Pacific Film and Television Commission Pty Ltd, c/ Brisbane International Film Festival

2004 — Filmink Magazine

2003 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2003 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2003 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2003 — IF Productions Pty Ltd

2003 — QLD Premier's Literary Awards

2003 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2003 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2003 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2003 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2003 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2003 — AWGIE Awards

2003 — Australian Film Institute

2003 — Australian Film Institute

2003 — Australian Film Institute

2003 — Australian Film Institute

2003 — Australian Film Institute

2003 — Australian Film Institute

2003 — Australian Film Institute

2003 — Australian Film Institute

2003 — Australian Film Institute

Screenings

2003 — AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival

2003 — The Pacific Film and Television Commission Pty Ltd, c/ Brisbane International Film Festival

2003 — Chicago International Film Festival

2003 — Hawaii International Film Festival

2004 — London Australian Film Festival

2003 — Pusan International Film Festival

2003 — Cannes Film Festival

2004 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

2004 — Goteborg Film Festival

2003 — Telluride Film Festival

2003 — Toronto International Film Festival

2023 — Melbourne International Film Festival

2003 — BFI London Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

International Sales

Fortissimo Film Sales

Production Company

Gecko Films Pty Ltd

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