The Pearls of the Stone Man
| The Pearls of the Stone Man | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 愛を積むひと | ||||
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| Directed by | Yūzō Asahara | ||||
| Starring | Kōichi Satō Kanako Higuchi | ||||
| Music by | Taro Iwashiro | ||||
| Distributed by | Asmik Ace Entertainment Shochiku[1] | ||||
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Running time | 125 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
The Pearls of the Stone Man (愛を積むひと, Ai o Tsumu Hito) is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Yūzō Asahara.[2][3] It was released on June 20, 2015.[3] The film is an adaptation based on a novel by the same name written by Edward Mooney, Jr., and published by Sourcebooks (Naperville, Illinois). The Japanese translation is entitled Ishi o Tsumu Hito (石を積むひと), from Shogakukan.
Atsushi (Koichi Sato) and Ryoko (Kanako Higuchi) are a married coupled. They decide they want to live around nature and move to Biei in Hokkaido, Japan. Atsushi isn't sure what to do with his free time, so Ryoko asks him to build a stone wall around their house. Atsushi experiences tragedy, but later gets closer to his estranged daughter, Satoko (Keiko Kitagawa). Atsushi continues building the stone wall.
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (December 2015) |
Cast
[edit]- Kōichi Satō[3]
- Kanako Higuchi[3]
- Keiko Kitagawa[3]
- Shūhei Nomura[3]
- Hana Sugisaki[3]
- Hiroyuki Morisaki[3]
- Kenta Satoi[3]
- Yoshinori Okada[3]
- Yō Yoshida[3]
- Akira Emoto[3]
Reception
[edit]Hana Sugisaki won the award for Best Newcomer at the 37th Yokohama Film Festival for The Pearls of the Stone Man and Pieta in the Toilet.[4]
Kanako Higuchi won the Best Actress award at the 40th annual Brussels International Film Festival for The Pearls of the Stone Man.
References
[edit]- ^ "愛を積むひと". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ "THE PEARLS OF THE STONE MAN". shochikufilms.com (in Japanese). Shochiku. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "愛を積むひと(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ "第３７回ヨコハマ映画祭 2015年日本映画個人賞". homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved December 5, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official website of the author - Edward Mooney, Jr.
- The Pearls of the Stone Man at IMDb
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