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Lily Festival

2001-08-26 · 100 min · ★ 3.1

Comedy · Romance · Drama

Sachi Hamano's Yurisai (Lily Festival) is about a man (Mickey Curtis) in his seventies who comes to live in an apartment building that also houses seven elderly women. The film examines the ladies' sexual desires as the man proceeds to woo each of them. Kazuko Yoshiyuki portrays one of the female residents. The film was adapted from a novel by Houko Momotani and was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival.

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Directors
Sachi Hamano
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Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kazuko YoshiyukiKazuko YoshiyukiRie Miyano
Mickey CurtisMickey CurtisTerujiro Miyoshi
Utae ShōjiUtae ShōjiUmeka Mariko
Kazuko ShirakawaKazuko ShirakawaRenako Yokota
Sanae NakaharaSanae NakaharaTeruko Satoyama
Chisako HaraChisako HaraAtsuko Namiki
Hisako ÔkataHisako ÔkataYoshi Kitagawa
Sachiko MeguroSachiko MeguroNene Totsuka

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