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Memory & Desire

Directed by Niki Caro
1998    89m    PG
6.5
Niki Caro directed this romantic drama from New Zealand, adapted from Peter Wells' story, Of Memory & Desire, about the doomed affair of a Japanese couple on their honeymoon in New Zealand. The body of Keiji is pulled ashore on a New Zealand beach; his widow Sayo then tells the tale in flashback: Attracted to Keiji, Sayo marries him over the objections of his mother. Keiji becomes depressed when it seems he cannot consummate their marriage.
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Cast of Memory & Desire
  • Eugene NomuraKeiji
  • Yuri KinugawaSayo
  • Brenda KendallJeanette
  • Yōko NarahashiMrs Nakajima
  • Joel TobeckNod
  • Rome KandaTour Guide
  • Norman ForseyFisherman #1
  • Ian HughesWest Coast Surfer
  • Charley Murphy Samau
  • John PaekauFisherman #3
  • Senri SakuraiMr Kuroda
  • Midori TakeiSayo's Stepmother
  • Joy WatsonMaude
  • Takeshi ŌbayashiSayo's Father
  • Shiori TeradaHiromi
  • Tim LeeSergeant
  • Akiko MoriWedding Consultant
  • Grant RosomanSurf Lifesaver
  • Wayne McGoramFisherman #2
  • John HancoxDoctor
  • Yuka EzakiNewlywed Couple
  • Bunichi EzakiNewlywed Couple
  • John CairneyMarriage Celebrant
  • Rupert MacKenzieVIdeo Cameraman
  • Juri InaharaJunko
  • Yumiko NishiyamaSaki
  • Takanori HiguchiTatsuro
  • Noriko MiuraTatsuro's Wife
  • Sarah HawkesHamilton Receptionist
  • Sanae NakaharaMrs Kuroda
  • Takashi NakamuraMr Sugimoto
  • Motoko TeradaMrs Nakajima's Sister
  • Kengo EmmittLittle Keiji
  • Evelyn ClarkeLittle Girl
  • Sharon ClarkeLittle Girl
  • Vivian ClarkeLittle Girl
  • Sam TamuraCES Supervisor
  • Taihei BabaFuneral Director
  • Kunio YoshidaFuneral Director
  • Toshizo FujiwaraDrunken Businessman
  • Yasukazu KurosawaDrunken Businessman
  • Tadashi WatanabeDrunken Businessman
  • Kazunori SatoDrunken Businessman
  • Shuson TsukakoshiBuddhist Priest
  • Lyndon HendrikseSurfer #1
  • Stefan BroadleySurfer #2
  • Marek SumichSurfer #3
  • Georgina CleaveLocal Girl
  • Liesha Ward-KnoxLocal Girl

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