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THE BLESSING BELL (KOUFUKU NO KANE)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 87 minutes

Log Line

Morning breaks over a desolate factory yard. One of the factories has been shut down.
Igarashi, now an unemployed man, takes a step forward. Aimlessly, he walks down the road away from the site. His journey takes him into a series of worlds unknown to him.

Year of production : 2002

Director(s) : Sabu
Cast : Susumu TERAJIMA

Synopsis

Morning breaks over a desolate factory yard. One of the factories has been shut down.
The men, now unemployed, stand around in stunned confusion.
No-one moves. Finally, one of the workers, a man by the name of Igarashi, takes a step forward. Aimlessly, he walks down the road away from the site as the cars speed past.
But one man is but a thread in the tapestry of life, and as Igarashi moves forward, so too does the world around him.
His journey takes him into a series of worlds unknown to him. As the threads of other lives weave in and out before his eyes, Igarashi watches in silence, drifting through the streets until, finally, he realizes there is only one place to head…

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Country(ies) : JAPAN

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