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The Seburi Story

Original title: Seburi monogatari
  • 1985
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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The Seburi Story (1985)
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The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan ... Read allThe culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world. The setting is World War II, and conflicts have already arisen ... Read allThe culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world. The setting is World War II, and conflicts have already arisen when the military police come to take Seburi men away into the army. Still following their... Read all

  • Director
    • Sadao Nakajima
  • Writer
    • Sadao Nakajima
  • Stars
    • Ken'ichi Hagiwara
    • Yumiko Fujita
    • Michiko Kohno
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
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    • Director
      • Sadao Nakajima
    • Writer
      • Sadao Nakajima
    • Stars
      • Ken'ichi Hagiwara
      • Yumiko Fujita
      • Michiko Kohno
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Ken'ichi Hagiwara
    • Hajime Kinoshita
    Yumiko Fujita
    • Kuni
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    Takashi Naitô
    • Kazuo
    Ai Saotome
    • Hana
    Eiko Nagashima
    • Mitsu
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Taiji Tonoyama
    • Kamezo
    Ken Mitsuishi
    • Jiro
    Hideo Murota
    • Kuzushiri
    Rei Okamoto
    • Tome
    Asao Uchida
    • Ayutachi
    Nenji Kobayashi
    • Army
    Yoshio Ichikawa
    • Imasuke
    • Director
      • Sadao Nakajima
    • Writer
      • Sadao Nakajima
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    • Release date
      • May 11, 1985 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Die Seburi-Erzählung
    • Production company
      • Toei Kyoto
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      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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