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Light of Africa (1975)

6.0/10 1h 40m Jun 21, 1975
Drama Comedy

Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.

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Movie Details

Original Title アフリカの光
Original Language JA
Status Released
Popularity 0.2

Cast

Kenichi Hagiwara
Kenichi Hagiwara
Jun
Popularity: 6.2
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Yoko Takahashi
Sayoko
Popularity: 0.8
Kaori Momoi
Kaori Momoi
Fujiko
Popularity: 8.3
Toru Minegishi
Toru Minegishi
Mineichi
Popularity: 1.8
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chief of police
Popularity: 0.9
Yoshio Yoshida
Yoshio Yoshida
Chiyomatsu
Popularity: 5.5
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Doctor
Popularity: 8.0
Naomi Oka
Naomi Oka
Megumi
Popularity: 2.4
Moeko Ezawa
Moeko Ezawa
Kumi
Popularity: 1.7
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Kumi Miura
Popularity: 0.0
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Masahiro Yoshihara
Popularity: 1.5
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Norihisa Tsukada
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Tatsumi Kumashiro
Editor Akira Suzuki
Screenplay Takehiro Nakajima
Executive Producer Fumio Kinbara, Yutaka Okada

Production

TOHO
JP
Watanabe Kikaku
JP

Reviews from TMDB

shinnosuketokuda 8/10
Aug 5, 2020

The movie is honestly pretty incoherent, coming from a fluent speaker of Japanese. But it's charming and Hagiwara and Tanaka give it their all. The soundtrack really sells it, too.

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Details
Release Date June 21, 1975
Runtime 1h 40m
Language JA
Status Released
Popularity 0.2
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