20 Jan 2000
Enlightenment Guaranteed
Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of enlightenment, or perhaps just in search of themselves.
Pieta in the Toilet
Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her.
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野田洋次郎 Hiroshi Sonoda
杉咲花 Mai Miyada
リリー・フランキー Touru Yokota
古舘寛治 Doctor Mizutani
市川紗椰 Satsuki Ozaki
森下能幸 Tanaka
Riku Sawada Takuto Hashimoto
大竹しのぶ Hiroshi's Mother
岩松了 Hiroshi's Father
宮沢りえ Takuto's Mother
MEGUMI Haruko Takeda
佐藤健 Janitor
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