Gray Sunset
1985 Japanese film
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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]
Directed byShunya Itō[1]
Written byHirō Matsuda
StarringYukiyo Toake
Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki
CinematographyIsamu Iguchi
| Gray Sunset | |
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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 |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Premise
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
- 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
