Movie
Japanese Story
Overview
Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on Earth.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-08-30
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fortissimo Films, Gecko Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Toni Collette as Sandy Edwards
- Gotaro Tsunashima as Hiromitsu Tachibana
- Matthew Dyktynski as Bill Baird
- Lynette Curran as Mum
- Yumiko Tanaka as Yukiko Tachibana
- Kate Atkinson as Jackie
- Bill Young as Jimmy Smithers
- Reg Evans as Bloke in Row Boat
- George Shevtsov as James
- Justine Clarke as Jane
- Mike Frencham as Blake
- John Howard as Richards
Crew
- Sue Brooks - Director
- Alison Tilson - Writer
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