A Russian POW and Japanese nurse fall in love while their countries slaughter each other. What could go wrong?
With all the unrest and uncertainty in the world today, now feels as good a time as any for a movie portraying good will and love between people from opposing countries. The film is a love story set in the city of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture on the Japanese island of Shikoku against the historical backdrop of the Russo-Japanese War. The movie is centered around the romance between a Russian officer, a war prisoner in Matsuyama, and a Japanese nurse who find themselves on opposing sides of the war. It is a kind of "Romeo and Juliet story of the Russo-Japanese War".
Acting
Junko Abe's quiet devastation says everything words can't.
Production
1900s Matsuyama recreated with obsessive period detail.
Direction
Inoue lets silences ache longer than most directors dare.
Director
Masaki Inoue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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