Forrest Gump
1994 · Comedy · Drama
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Film / 1998
Memory & Desire
Directed by
Niki Caro
Sayo and Keiji have eloped to New Zealand to marry, away from the interference of Keiji's disapproving mother in Japan. On their honeymoon, they have the freedom to express their love away from her repressive influence. However, on what should be the happiest of days, Keiji is drowned and Sayo must, by custom, return to live with her cruel and selfish mother-in-law.
The story
Sayo and Keiji have eloped to New Zealand to marry, away from the interference of Keiji's disapproving mother in Japan. On their honeymoon, they have the freedom to express their love away from her repressive influence. However, on what should be the happiest of days, Keiji is drowned and Sayo must, by custom, return to live with her cruel and selfish mother-in-law.
Cast
Eugene NomuraKeiji
Yuri KinugawaSayo
Brenda KendallJeanette
Yoko NarahashiMrs Nakajima
Joel TobeckNod
Rome KandaTour Guide
Norman ForseyFisherman #1
Ian HughesWest Coast Surfer
Charley Murphy Samau
John PaekauFisherman #3
Senri SakuraiMr Kuroda
Midori TakeiSayo's Stepmother
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Joy WatsonMaude
Takeshi ŌbayashiSayo's Father
Shiori TeradaHiromi
Timothy LeeSergeant
Akiko MoriWedding Consultant
Grant RosomanSurf Lifesaver
Wayne McGoramFisherman #2
John HancoxDoctor
Yuka EzakiNewlywed Couple
Bunichi EzakiNewlywed Couple
John CairneyMarriage Celebrant
Rupert MacKenzieVIdeo Cameraman
Juri InaharaJunko
Yumiko NishiyamaSaki
Takanori HiguchiTatsuro
Noriko MiuraTatsuro's Wife
Sarah HawkesHamilton Receptionist
Sanae NakaharaMrs Kuroda
Takashi NakamuraMr Sugimoto
Motoko TeradaMrs Nakajima's Sister
Kengo EmmittLittle Keiji
Evelyn ClarkeLittle Girl
Sharon ClarkeLittle Girl
Vivian ClarkeLittle Girl
Sam TamuraCES Supervisor
Taihei BabaFuneral Director
Kunio YoshidaFuneral Director
Toshizo FujiwaraDrunken Businessman
Yasukazu KurosawaDrunken Businessman
Tadashi WatanabeDrunken Businessman
Kazunori SatoDrunken Businessman
Shuson TsukakoshiBuddhist Priest
Lyndon HendrikseSurfer #1
Stefan BroadleySurfer #2
Marek SumichSurfer #3
Georgina CleaveLocal Girl
Liesha Ward-KnoxLocal Girl
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