Faraway Sunset

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 119 min
  • Premiere: 1992. July 4.

Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.

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Art

Yoshinaga Yoko'o

Production Design

Costume & Make-Up

Sôichi Umezawa

Makeup Artist

Crew

Masahiko Iimura

Cinematography

Directing

Editing

Osamu Inoue

Editor

Production

Sound

Masaji Hosoi

Sound Recordist

Writing

Kaneto Shindō

Screenplay

Junichi Watanabe

Original Film Writer