August in Tokyo(愛の小さな歴史)
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Japan · 2014
1h 20m
Director Ryutaro Nakagawa
Starring Eriko Nakamura, Takashi Okito, Asaka Nakamura, Manami Takahashi
Genre
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In a corner of Tokyo, a man named Natsuo lives as a yakuza and a woman named Natsuki works part-time. Although they rarely think about their families, they attempt to reunite with them. Brother and sister, father and daughter; the distance between them begins to shrink, but... This film portrays the dynamics of people trying to co-exist in nature and in the city. Even though two individuals may be insignificant in the context of a large society, one life meets another and they move forward. This is a movie about their small footsteps.
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