Oct 22, 2013
170 min
Full-HD

The Tale of Iya (2013)

As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched regions, an old man and his granddaughter Haruna's humble lifestyle begins to influence the outlook of a man from Tokyo.

Category

Drama Fantasy Mystery

Country

Japan

Companies

Nikoniko Film

Rina Takeda

Haruna

Shima Onishi

Kudo

Min Tanaka

Grandpa

Hitoshi Murakami

Akira

Sachi Ishimaru

Kotomi

Christopher Pellegrini

Michael

Keisuke Yamamoto

Tamura

Naomi Kawase

Dr. Amamiya

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