101 minutes – Drama
Language: English, French, Japanese
Release date: August 31, 2012 (Québec)
Canadian Distributor: Mongrel Media
Québec Distributor: Métropole Films
Wishing to embark on a spiritual journey, Pierre Masson (Gabriel Arcand), a 61-year-old Québécois, ends up making a short, unsettling trip around Okinawa with Junko, a 40 year old runaway wife. The unprepared intellectual would rather not get involved with this unlikely and passionate lover, especially in an unfamiliar and disorienting cultural context. The confused, unwilling sexagenarian decides nevertheless to follow his destiny, unsure of where it (she?…) will take him. Yet and to his surprise, Pierre will reach the object of his quest at a time and in a place where he least expected it. Set in Okinawa, the film is a joint Japan-Canada co-production.
The film is in English with Japanese subtitles.
Takako Miyahira
Samuel Gagnon
Claude Gagnon
Yuri Yoshimura Gagnon
Michel St. Martin
Yukito Ara
Yûki Kudô
Gabriel Arcand
Megumi Tomita
Yuichi Atta
Toshi Moromi
Tenyu Okuda
John Potter
Takayuki Ichise
Mieko Taira
Toshiko Taira
Junko
Pierre Masson
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