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Tabi no Omosa (1972)

Tabi no Omosa poster
Original title
旅の重さ
Directed by
Kōichi Saitō
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 16-year-old girl feels stuck in her life and runs away from home. She travels through Japan looking for a different way to live.

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What happens

Tabi no Omosa (Japanese: 旅の重さ), also known as Journey into Solitude in English, is a 1972 Japanese film directed by Kōichi Saitō. The story is about a 16-year-old girl who is unsatisfied with her life and leaves her home in search of something else. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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