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Origin of Shadows

201827mMovieDocumentary

Tokyo Documentary Film Festival 2018 Short Film Competition Grand Prize Winner. A war widow’s letter to her fallen husband remained unopened and left a memorandum. The scenery of living beings weaving sound, light, and ghost shadows all…

DirectorShuhei Hatano
WritersShuhei Hatano·Toru Fujimoto

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Cast · Directed by Shuhei Hatano

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Toru Fujimoto
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Tomoko Ishizaka

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