Ichigensan (1996)

Original title

いちげんさん

Directed by

Isao Morimoto

Genre

romance film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 02m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man moves to a new town and tries to connect with the locals. He finds himself drawn into the life of a woman who is also an outsider.

poignantquietintrospectivemelancholicslow-pacedmeditativetenderlonely

What happens

Ichigensan - The Newcomer (いちげんさん, Ichigensan) is Swiss author David Zoppetti's debut novel. Written in Japanese, in 1996 it won the 20th Subaru Prize, awarded to new works by Subaru Novel Magazine (published by Shueisha), and was published by Shueisha that year. It was made into a film in 1999, and an English translation by Okinawan professor Takuma Sminkey was published by Ozaru Books in 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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