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Tight 41-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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FATHER'S SERVICE AREA
2001 0h 41m JA
Documentary
Synopsis
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A daughter parts on a journey to retrace the steps of her father, who has gone to choose the place of his own death. Mixing interviews with her mother, her older half- brother, her aunt and the person who found the body, she follows the second half of her father's life ---a live previously unknown to her--- up until his death. As the film shi from snowbound Northern Japan to tropical Palau, the image of her father as one human being among others is revealed amongst the landscape.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Mamiko Hiwatari
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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The take
Mamiko Hiwatari directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 41-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 41 min · 0h 41m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Mamiko Hiwatari
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2000-01-01
- Theatrical (limited)2001-04-29· Image Forum Festival
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