Across a Gold Prairie

1999 1h 36m JA

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8.7

MASTERPIECE

★8.7TMDB · 3

DramaComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition, has spent sixty years of his life confined to his house. One morning, he wakes up believing himself to be twenty again. In his mind, he has become the youthful young man that he once was. However, reality fails to keep up with his illusion, and everything around him seems to be quite different from what he is used to. So, he decides that he is simply dreaming. As his reality becomes his dream, his unhappy world turns into a life enriched with happiness and expectations for the future. Ayumu is now enjoying his life to the full again.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yusuke Iseya
Ayumu Nippori
Chizuru Ikewaki
Narisu Kodai
Masatoshi Matsuo
Maruo Kodai
Miako Tadano
Makiko Miyazono
Takeshi Katō
Takashi Kanzaki
Ryo Kato
Yuki Nagata
Emiko Azuma

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Isshin Inudo
Writers: Yumiko Oshima, Sakichi Sato
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Yusuke Iseya and Chizuru Ikewaki and Masatoshi Matsuo carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0260123 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Isshin Inudo directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Yusuke Iseya and Chizuru Ikewaki and Masatoshi Matsuo carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0260123 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.