| Gray Sunset | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Shunya Itō[1] |
| Written by | Hirō Matsuda |
| Starring | Yukiyo Toake Minoru Chiaki |
| Cinematography | Isamu Iguchi |
| Edited by | Isamu Ichida |
| Music by | Shin'ichirō Ikebe |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Gray Sunset (花いちもんめ, Hana Ichi Monme) is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shunya Itō. It was Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2] It won the award for Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[3]
Premise
[edit]The film follows Fuyukichi Takano, a university professor fired due to his worsening Alzheimer's disease. Fuyukichi's condition causes his family to rally around him, deepening their ties to each other in the process.
Cast
[edit]- Yukiyo Toake as Keiko Takano
- Minoru Chiaki as Fuyukichi Takano
- Teruhiko Saigo as Haruo Takano
- Yumiko Nogawa as Nobue Kaneko
- Haruko Kato as Kikuyo Takano
- Yoshiko Nakada as Tomoko Iizuka
- Sayoko Ninomiya as Mitsue Takano
- Ittoku Kishibe as Yoshikazu Ishimoto
See also
[edit]- List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
[edit]- ^ Infobox data from 花いちもんめ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 6 May 2009. and Hana ichimonme (1985) at IMDb
- ^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
- ^ "Awards for Hana ichimonme (1985)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
Bibliography
[edit]- Hana ichimonme (1985) at IMDb
- 花いちもんめ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- "HANA ICHIMONME". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- 花いちもんめ。 (in Japanese). walkerplus.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- "Variety Japan" 花いちもんめ (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
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