🎬 Documentary

I Want the Sun

1995 47m Dir. Makoto Satō

About this movie

Sho Watanabe, 77, has worked as a lighting technician for many years, longing to work in the film industry. However, when his wife, Tomiko, suddenly developed Alzheimer's disease, he took a video and 16mm camera and began documenting her and the people around her. This film is the result of compiling and editing the vast amount of film he had accumulated in this way.

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Year
1995
Runtime
47m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Makoto Satō
Language
JA

Cast

👤
Tomiko Sakamoto
Self
👤
Sho Watanabe
Self
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I Want the Sun has a runtime of 47m ( and 47 minutes).
I Want the Sun was directed by Makoto Satō and released in 1995.
I Want the Sun is a Documentary film (1995).
The cast of I Want the Sun includes Tomiko Sakamoto, Sho Watanabe.

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