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Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Koki Mitani
Toshiaki Karasawa
Kyoka Suzuki
Masahiko Nishimura
Keiko Toda
Takehiko Ono
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
At a Tokyo radio station, a woman, Miyako, has submitted the winning entry in a radio play writing contest. "A Woman of Fate" its called, a sentimental melodrama to be directed by Kudo in a calm and professional manner. However, everyone else is nervous and when the temperamental lead actress decides to change her character's name from Risuko to Mary Jane and from a house-wife to a careerist lawyer, things being to spin out of control. As the night wears on, the play turns into a disaster thriller with a breaking dam and lost spaceships, while the author freaks out and the cast struggles gamely to keep the play afloat.
Director
Koki Mitani
Cast
Toshiaki Karasawa
Kyoka Suzuki
Masahiko Nishimura
Keiko Toda
Takehiko Ono
Shiro Hamiki
Yasukiyo Umeno
Jun Inoue
Yoshimasa Kondo
Hiromasa Taguchi
Moro Morooka
Akira Fuse
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Ken Watanabe
Crew
Hirohide Abe
Takayuki Hattori
Takashi Ishihara
Hisao Masuda
Chiaki Matsushita
Koki Mitani
Koki Mitani
Koichi Murakami
Tomio Ogawa
Kanjiro Sakura
Tetsuo Segawa
Hideyuki Takai
Kenji Takama
Junichi Tozawa
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Triple award winner for Japan's 1997 Academy prize including best screenplay, best supporting actor, and best sound.
Released in United States Fall September 8, 1999
Released in United States February 1998
Released in United States September 17, 1999
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Forum) February 11-22, 1998.
Released in United States February 1998 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Forum) February 11-22, 1998.)
Released in United States Fall September 8, 1999
Released in United States September 17, 1999 (Music Hall; Los Angeles)
