Palm of the Hand Stories
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- Movie: Palm of the Hand Stories
- Romaji: Tenohira no Shosetsu
- Japanese: 掌の小説
- Director: Tsukasa Kishimoto, Nobuyuki Miyake, Yuya Takahashi, Takushi Tsubokawa
- Writer: Yasunari Kawabata (novel)
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- World Premiere: October 18, 2009
- Release Date: March 27, 2010
- Runtime: 80 min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
"The man who does not laugh" (笑わぬ男) - dir. by Tsukasa Kishimoto Story of a man and his bedridden wife who always asks him to pat her legs.
"Thank you" (有難う) - dir by Nobuyuki Miyake A prostitute named Kikuko recalls the day she was sold to this town and the bus driver Arigatosan who drove her there.
"Japanese Anna" (日本人アンナ) - dir. by Takushi Tsubokawa A man gets his wallet stolen by a young Russian girl. He rents the room next to her and becomes mesmerized by peeping into her room.
"Immortality" (高橋雄弥) - dir by Yuya Takahashi An old man remembers his teenage years sitting under the tree that his girlfriend committed suicide under.
Notes
- Based on Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata's collection of short stories titled "Palm of the Hand Stories" - a collection 122 short stories, four of which were selected for this omnibus film.
Cast
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi
- Yuna Natsuo
- Moeki Tsuruoka
- Mami Nakamura
- Tomoharu Hasegawa
- Seiji Fukushi
- Nahana
- Yu Kashii
- Koen Okumura
- Masao Komatsu
- Yoko Hoshi
- Tetsuo Morishita
- Shungiku Uchida
- Shinichiro Uchida
- Makoto Arikawa
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Film Festivals
- 2009 (22nd) Tokyo International Film Festival - Oct. 17th-25th - Japan Eyes
