Nanayomachi (2008)

Original title

七夜待

Directed by

Naomi Kawase

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Japanese woman leaves her job and lover to start over in Thailand. She panics when a taxi driver takes her out of Bangkok, but a man named Greg brings her to a matriarch who teaches him traditional massage.

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What happens

Nanayomachi (Japanese: 七夜待) is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase. The story is about a young Japanese woman (Kyōko Hasegawa) who leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand. She searches for hotels in Bangkok and flees in panic when a taxi driver drives her out of town. Up pops Greg (played by Grégoire Colin) and takes her to a Thai matriarch who teaches him traditional massage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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