The Girl of the Silence
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Genjiro Arato
Mami Nakamura
Kaori Momoi
Michio Akiyama
Ayumi Yajima
Yoshio Harada
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An intelligent 14-year-old girl, Shizuko, retreats into an imaginary world in which she has created a boy in the image of her natural father, in order to escape the tyranny and sexual abuse forced upon her by her strict new stepfather.
Director
Genjiro Arato
Cast
Mami Nakamura
Kaori Momoi
Michio Akiyama
Ayumi Yajima
Yoshio Harada
Kohei Urusawa
Crew
Akiko Ashizawa
Goro Haiki
Fumio Hashimoto
Kinue Horikoshi
Miyoshi Kikuchi
Masayoshi Nakajyo
Yasuhiko Sawada
Saruhiro Shibayama
Chai Pang Sun
Akira Suzuki
Motoyuki Suzuki
Mirihiro Tanaka
Shungiku Uchida
Yosuke Yamashita
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States November 1995
Shown at Hawaii International Film Festival November 3-17, 1995.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 24 - September 4, 1995.
Feature directorial debut effort for Genjiro Arato.
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 24 - September 4, 1995.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown in New York City (Japan Society) as part of program "New Films From Japan 1996" November 8 - December 17, 1996.)
Released in United States November 1995 (Shown at Hawaii International Film Festival November 3-17, 1995.)
