Stars: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Matthew Dyktynski, Lynette Curran

Director: Sue Brooks

Summary: A young, confident and successful business woman is given the responsibility of accompanying a potential Japanese investor across Australia. She finds him misogynistic, he finds her lacking the charms he expects from the 'fairer sex'. And yet, despite themselves, a passionate relationship develops between them.

This romantic drama stars Toni Collette as Sandy, a high-strung Australian geologist assigned to escort Japanese businessman Hirotmitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) on a tour through the outback. Ostensibly he's there to visit the various mines his company co-owns, but his real motives are mysterious and soon he is urging her to drive deep into the middle of the Pilabra Desert. A mutual dislike for one another, enhanced by vast cultural differences keep them at arm's length at first, but when their jeep gets mired in sand in the middle of nowhere, their fight for survival leads them towards a deep human connection. They find themselves falling in love as they drift aimlessly amidst the desolate beauty of the area, but soon comes a sudden, unexpected shock.
Written by Alison Tilson and directed by Sue Brooks, JAPANESE STORY explores the distances between cultures, people, and the vast emptiness of Australia's interior regions. Yet even the spectacular desert scenery can't compete with Collette's complex stunner of a performance. Suntanned, tender, gutsy and raw, she plumbs frighteningly real depths of emotion and vulnerability. Tsunashima is also excellent, bringing simplicity and grace to an enigmatic role.

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Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Theatrical Trailer, Tartan Trailer Reel
Year:	2004
Release Date:	September 27, 2004
Runtime:	102 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	T V D 3506
Keywords:	Story, General, Wide, Screen, Drama, Japanese
Genre:	Drama