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Border Line (2002)

Border Line poster
Original title
BORDER LINE
Directed by
Sang-il Lee
Genre
drama, romance
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 58m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Japanese drama follows three separate people a son, a father and a mother. Each character has a difficult family history and the film shows their daily lives.

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What happens

Border Line is a 2002 Japanese drama film, and the feature film debut of film director Sang-il Lee. It observes the lives of three unrelated characters, a son, a father and a mother, each of whom has a troubled family background. The film is Sang-il Lee's feature debut, after his medium-length debut Chong in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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