Deep River (1995)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Drama
Release: 1998-03-01
Director: Kei Kumai
Writers: Shûsaku Endô , Kei Kumai
Language: Japanese
Stars: Kumiko Akiyoshi , Eiji Okuda , Hisashi Igawa , Kyōko Kagawa , Toshirō Mifune , Kin Sugai , Yōichi Numata , Tetta Sugimoto , Hiroyuki Okita , Maki Shirai
Runtime: 130 min
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations
AKA: Deep River (United States of America) , Fukai kawa , Głęboka rzeka (Poland) , Deep River , Глубокая река (Russian Federation) , Deep River (Canada) , Deep River (Australia) , Deep River (New Zealand) , 深い河 (Japan)
Plot: Three Japanese pilgrims arrive in India. Miss Naruse is looking for Otsu, a Catholic priest, her lover ten years before; after time in France and Israel, he has come to Benares where he carries the bodies of the poor to the crematorium. Her life is empty and, although Otsu was her lover only as a joke, she is now drawn to his spiritual nature. Mr. Isobe searches for a village child who may be the reincarnation of his dead wife. Mr. Yagusi comes to pray for the man who saved his life in World War II, a man haunted for 50 years by the means he used to save his comrade. Pantheism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity meet on the shores of the Ganges in these characters.
IMDB:tt0113129