06 Dec 2005
Memoirs of a Geisha
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Minamata
Let truth be the prejudice.
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
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Johnny Depp W. Eugene Smith
美波 Aileen
真田広之 Mitsuo Yamazaki
Bill Nighy Robert "Bob" Hayes
國村隼 Junichi Nojima
加瀬亮 Kiyoshi
浅野忠信 Tatsuo Matsumura
岩瀬晶子 Masako Matsumura
Katherine Jenkins Millie
Lily Robinson Diandra
Ayumi Takano
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