30 Jan 2003
Whale Rider
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
The Whale God
A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.
Top Billed Cast
本郷功次郎 Shaki
勝新太郎 Kishu
藤村志保 Ei
高野通子 Yuki
志村喬 Village elder
江波杏子 
藤山浩二 
見明凡太朗 
村田知栄子 
上田吉二郎 
藤原礼子 Okoma
Yosuke Takemura 
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橘喜久子 Yasushi Sugita Jutarō Hojo 橋本力 
Tsuneko Sudō 
宮島健一 Masatoki Sasaki
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