La Sombra del Verano - Ilusion in Andalusia (1996)
Set in Andalusia, Spain, the film depicts the fantastic journey of an ordinary housewife who leads an uneventful life in search of a missing writer. While dining out with her husband at a Spanish restaurant, Yoko hears that the writer, Mikiro Shimizu, has disappeared. Yoko comes forward and sets off alone to Andalusia, Spain, to look for Shimizu. On the way, she meets a young man named Yu, who is traveling around the country on a bicycle, and a mysterious woman named Aki, and the three of them follow Shimizu's trail, relying on a manuscript titled "False Blood" and the word "platelo" that he left in his room.
Director: Takeshi Watanabe
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Yƫko Natori as |
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Jinpachi Nezu as |
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Ren Osugi as |
| Directing | Takeshi Watanabe | Director |
| Sound | Torsten Rasch | Original Music Composer |