Japanese Story

Japanese Story

6.3IMDb Score
Released:2003-08-30
Duration:110 min
Country:Australia
Director:Sue Brooks
Actors:Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Matthew Dyktynski, Lynette Curran, Yumiko Tanaka
Production:Fortissimo Films, Gecko Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation

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.

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