Bizan (2007)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Drama
Release: 2007-05-12
Director: Isshin Inudo
Writers: Masashi Sada , Yukiko Yamamuro
Language: Japanese
Stars: Nanako Matsushima , Takao Osawa , Nobuko Miyamoto , Aya Enjoji , Hirotaro Honda , Ken Kaneko , Mika Koide , Manami Kurose , Toshiyuki Nagashima , Takeo Nakahara
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations
AKA: 眉山 (Japan) , 眉山：卡桑的回憶 (Taiwan) , Bizan , 眉山 (China)
Plot: After her mother is suddenly hospitalized because she has terminal cancer Sakiko returns to her home town Tokushima at the foot of Mt. Bizan. The relationship between mother and daughter isn't good but still she nurses her mother at her sickbed. She always thought her mother was a cold person until her mother gives her a box full of love letters from her father who she never knew and she starts to understand her mother better. Her mothers last wish is to see the Awa Odori festival for the last time before she dies.
IMDB:tt0907624