Japanese Story

Japanese Story

110 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 30, 2003

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on Earth.

Japanese Story

110 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 30, 2003

Japanese Story
Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on Earth.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Australian Film Finance Corporation, Fortissimo Films, Gecko Films
Original title Japanese Story
Directors Susie Struth, Sue Brooks
Writers Duncan Thompson, Alison Tilson, Keith Thompson, Sue Brooks, John Lonie

Cast

Toni Collette

as Sandy Edwards

Gotaro Tsunashima

as Hiromitsu Tachibana

Matthew Dyktynski

as Bill Baird

Yumiko Tanaka

as Yukiko Tachibana

Kate Atkinson

as Jackie

Bill Young

as Jimmy Smithers

Reg Evans

as Bloke in Row Boat

George Shevtsov

as James

Justine Clarke

as Jane

Mike Frencham

as Blake

John Howard

as Richards

Phil Bennett

as Barman

Heath Bergersen

as Petrol Bloke

Jules Hutchinson

as Canteen Worker

Kuni Hashimoto

as Japanese Translator

Mark Mcaullay

as Watson

Greg McNeill

as Tom Goodwin

Stephen Parkin

as Cargo Man

Dean Vince

as Karaoke Singer

Peter Webb

as Tony

Koji Kioka

as Hiromitsu's Child in Photo

Nanami Kioka

as Hiromitsu's Child in Photo

Igor Sas

as Fraser