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ERA
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Released 24 years ago.
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Cast
Akira Terao
Takao Ueda
Kanako Higuchi
Michiko Ueda
Hisashi Igawa
Sayuri's father
Tanie Kitabayashi
Oume
Manami Konishi
Sayuri
Yoko Shioya
Tanabe
Takahiro Tamura
Shigenaga Koda
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Dr. Nakamura
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Takashi Koizumi
- Writers
- Takashi Koizumi
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Fun facts 🍿
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Takashi Koizumi, shot by Shoji Ueda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Takashi Kako. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Hideto Aga shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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ERA
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Akira Terao and Kanako Higuchi and Hisashi Igawa carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0283878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Takashi Koizumi directs. Shoji Ueda behind the camera. Takashi Kako scores. Hideto Aga cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 24 years ago.
- 2Directed by Takashi Koizumi, shot by Shoji Ueda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Takashi Kako. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Hideto Aga shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Akira Terao and Kanako Higuchi and Hisashi Igawa carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0283878 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 8Classified under 10 themes, including "based on novel or book", "village life", "terminal illness", "rural area".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Shoji Ueda
- Original score
- Takashi Kako
- Editing
- Hideto Aga
- Production design
- Yoshirō Muraki
- Costume design
- Kazuko Kurosawa
- Runtime
- 128 min · 2h 8m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Takashi Koizumi
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Asmik Ace Entertainment
JP
Key crew
- ProducerMiyako Araki
- NovelKeishi Nagi
- Costume DesignKazuko Kurosawa
- Production DesignYoshirō Muraki
- ProducerYasushi Tsuge
- Sound Effects EditorMasatoshi Saito
- Executive ProducerMasato Hara
- Executive ProducerYasushi Shiina
- GafferHideaki Yamakawa
- EditorHideto Aga
- Production DesignTadashi Sakai
- ProducerTsutomu Sakurai
- Second Unit Director of PhotographyHiroyuki Kitazawa
- Set Decoration菊地章雄
- Sound RecordistKenichi Benitani
- Assistant DirectorNaoto Sakai
- Still Photographer松村映三
- Production CoordinatorRyuchi Matsumura
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- based on novel or book
- village life
- terminal illness
- rural area
- clinic
- doctor
- farmer
- senior citizen
- elderly
- rural japan
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2002-10-05
Also known as
International titles
- Amida-do dayoriJP
- 레터 프럼 더 마운틴KR
- 阿弥陀堂讯息CN
