The Souvenir Shop (1985)
In a small Normandy village overlooking the English Channel, an elderly shopkeeper runs the enigmatic “Shop That Sells Memories,” offering customers tiny floating bubbles that reveal their deepest past experiences. When a troubled young glassblower named Tom returns after years abroad, he and his long‑lost love Marie rediscover each other through the shop’s magic, ultimately reuniting and prompting the shop to vanish forever.
Director:
Akio Kondo
Writer:
Yoshio Shirasaka
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Philippe Caroit as Tom |
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Ingrid Held as Marie |
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Jean Franval as Joseph |
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Patricia Toussaint as Lillian |
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Richard Clayderman as Pianist |
| Camera | Kazutami Hara | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Shintaro Tsuji | Original Story |
| Editing | Hiroshi Yoshida | Editor |
| Writing | Yoshio Shirasaka | Screenplay |
| Production | Shintaro Tsuji | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Richard Clayderman | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Akio Kondo | Director |