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Tokei – Adieu l'hiver (1986)

Tokei – Adieu l'hiver poster
Original title
Tokei - Adieu l'hiver
Directed by
Sō Kuramoto
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 56m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows a young girl over five years of her life. Her parents were Japanese athletes at the Grenoble Olympics, one playing ice hockey and the other figure skating.

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What happens

Tokei - Adieu l'hiver (Japanese: 時計 Adieu l'Hiver; lit. Clockwork - Goodbye Winter) is a 1986 Japanese film written and directed by Sō Kuramoto. Its plot concerns a five-year period in the life of a young girl whose parents were Japanese ice hockey and figure skating athletes at the Grenoble Olympics. It was Kuramoto's directorial debut and, to date, his only film as director. Fuji Television released the film on October 10, 1986. It stars Ayumi Ishida as the top-billed performer, in addition to Tomoko Nakajima as the protagonist. Ishida's performance earned her several major Japanese film awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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