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Through the Night

Through the Night

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Drama

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When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out for profit. Amidst this plan there is discrimination, war and an infatuation between a man and a woman, but like everything around them there and owing to the forces around them, there is as much chance that these may burn to ashes and be destroyed or be the beginning of something new.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

133 mins

Rating

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Release Date

02 November 2002

Country

Japan

Cast

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Mansaku Fuwa

Mansaku Fuwa

Kô Hiroshima

Kô Hiroshima

Juro Kara

Juro Kara

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Takashi Nishina

Takashi Nishina

Eiji Okuda

Eiji Okuda

Reisen Ri

Reisen Ri

Jundai Yamada

Jundai Yamada

Taro Yamamoto

Taro Yamamoto

Masayuki Yui

Masayuki Yui

Taka Okubo

Taka Okubo

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