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2004 | Color | 109 min

The portrait of a young woman, a journalist who lives in Tokyo. From the stillness of the cafés, to the effervescence of public transport, people cross paths without ever really meeting


Country: Japón, China
Direction: Hsiao-hsien; Hou
Script: T’ien-wen; Chu, Hsiao-hsien; Hou
Production: Fumiko; Osaka, Hideshi; Miyajima, Ching-song; Liao
Photography: Pin-Bing; Lee
Sound: Duu-chih; Tu
Cast:Yo; Hitoto, Tadanobu; Asano, Masaro; Hagiwara, Nenji; Kobayashi, Kimiko; Yo
Participation year at FICM: 2005

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