Film

Japanese Story

2003 · 1h 50m · Drama · Romance

Some stories can change your life.

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

70%

Metacritic

73

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on Earth.

Toni Collette

Sandy Edwards

Gotaro Tsunashima

Hiromitsu Tachibana

Matthew Dyktynski

Bill Baird

Lynette Curran

Mum

Yumiko Tanaka

Yukiko Tachibana

Kate Atkinson

Jackie

Bill Young

Jimmy Smithers

Reg Evans

Bloke in Row Boat

George Shevtsov

James

Justine Clarke

Jane

Mike Frencham

Blake

John Howard

Richards

Phil Bennett

Barman

Heath Bergersen

Petrol Bloke

Jules Hutchinson

Canteen Worker

Kuni Hashimoto

Japanese Translator

• Sue BrooksDirector
• Alison TilsonWriter
• Sue MaslinProducer
• Ian BakerDirector of Photography
• Elizabeth DrakeOriginal Music Composer
• Jill BilcockEditor
• Dina MannCasting

Official Trailer - JAPANESE STORY (2003, Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima)

Release date

August 30, 2003

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Budget

$5,740,000

Revenue

$4,098,613

Genres

Drama, Romance

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