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In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense

19991h 48mMovieDrama

A drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic creation of her masterpiece, "Wanderings in the Realm of the Seventh Sense," her unknown years spent in poor health and poverty, and the present-day world from which we see her work.

DirectorSachi Hamano
WriterKuninori Yamazaki
ProducersSachiko Suzuki·Makoto Matsuoka

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Cast · Directed by Sachi Hamano

KSKayoko Shiraishi
Kayoko Shiraishi
Midori Ozaki
KYKazuko Yoshiyuki
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Shogumino
DHDaijirō Harada
Daijirō Harada
Takeo Takahashi
JMJunko Miyashita
Junko Miyashita
Fumiko Hayashi
KSKazuko Shirakawa
Kazuko Shirakawa
Kaoru Hayakawa
MYMichino Yokoyama
Michino Yokoyama
Sumako Fukao
KU
Keiko Utsumi
Grandmother
MIMaki Ishikawa
Maki Ishikawa
SSShirō Shimomoto
Shirō Shimomoto
SNSeiji Nakamitsu
Seiji Nakamitsu
IS
Ikken Sawamura
MH
Misako Honjo

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