Ichigensan
Directed by Isao MorimotoBoku (Edward Atterton), is a foreign student in Japan, who wants to assimilate with a polite Kyoto society but finds himself rejected as a outsider. Undaunted, he volunteers to read books to a young blind woman (Honami Suzuki) and begins to find acceptance with the beautiful Kyoko. She chooses classic Japanese literature for their sessions until one day she has him read a translation of a French love story. He understands this to be a confession of sorts and a love affair develops. This is however challenged by cultural misunderstandings and prejudice on both sides.
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Ichigensan was released on January 29, 2000.
Ichigensan was directed by Isao Morimoto.
Ichigensan has a runtime of 2h 2m.
Ichigensan was produced by Toshi Shioya, Motoyuki Suzuki, Shigeji Maeda.
Boku (Edward Atterton), is a foreign student in Japan, who wants to assimilate with a polite Kyoto society but finds himself rejected as a outsider. Undaunted, he volunteers to read books to a young blind woman (Honami Suzuki) and begins to find acceptance with the beautiful Kyoko. She chooses classic Japanese literature for their sessions until one day she has him read a translation of a French love story. He understands this to be a confession of sorts and a love affair develops. This is however challenged by cultural misunderstandings and prejudice on both sides.
The key characters in Ichigensan are "Boku" (Me) (Edward Atterton), Kyoko Nakumura (Honami Suzuki), Yuriko Nakamura (Yoshiko Nakada).
Ichigensan is a Drama, Romance film.
Ichigensan has an audience rating of 6.8 out of 10.