Travail (2002)

Original title

とらばいゆ

Directed by

Kentarō Ōtani

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 58m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman pursues a career as a professional shogi player in Japan. She balances her ambition with personal relationships and the challenges of a male-dominated field.

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What happens

Travail or A Woman's Work (Japanese: とらばいゆ, Hepburn: Torabaiyu) is a 2002 Japanese romance comedy drama film about female professional shogi players directed by Kentarō Ōtani and starring Asaka Seto, Shinya Tsukamoto and Mikako Ichikawa. It was released on 23 March 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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