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Tanaka

Year of completion: 2001
Content type: Narrative Content
Format: Short
Genre: History
Duration: 23 minutes
Production Status: Completed

Mori Tanaka is sent to Australia from Japan to oversee his uncle's funeral and return with his ashes. Mori soon discovers that his uncle was not the man he was raised to emulate and that his last wish was to have his ashes remain in the country he had called home for over 30 years. Set predominantly at the funeral's wake, Mori finds himself torn between two cultures and the emotional baggage left behind by an uncle he never knew.

Completion Year: 2001
Genres: History
Format: Short
Production Status: Completed

Cast and Crew

Cast

Kim Dryden, Kathy Smith, Mark Hanlin, Rodney Parker, Katsuhiko Suzuki Sai

Awards

2002 — Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival – Short Soup Award - Highly Commended (shared) - Clayton Jacobson

2002 — St Kilda Film Festival – Best Achievement in Video

2002 — Cork International Film Festival – Outlook Award - Best Lesbian & Gay Short

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2002 — Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival

2002 — Inside Out - Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

2002 — St Kilda Film Festival

2002 — Cork International Film Festival

2002 — Frameline - San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

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Ghost Pictures Pty Ltd

Production Company

Bison Films Pty Ltd

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