Lily Festival (2001)
Sachi Hamano's Yurisai (Lily Festival) is about a man (Mickey Curtis) in his seventies who comes to live in an apartment building that also houses seven elderly women. The film examines the ladies' sexual desires as the man proceeds to woo each of them. Kazuko Yoshiyuki portrays one of the female residents. The film was adapted from a novel by Houko Momotani and was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival.
Director:
Sachi Hamano
Writer:
Kuninori Yamazaki
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Rie Miyano |
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Mickey Curtis as Terujiro Miyoshi |
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Utae Shōji as Umeka Mariko |
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Kazuko Shirakawa as Renako Yokota |
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Sanae Nakahara as Teruko Satoyama |
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Chisako Hara as Atsuko Namiki |
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Hisako Ôkata as Yoshi Kitagawa |
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Sachiko Meguro as Nene Totsuka |
| Editing | Naoki Kaneko | Editor |
| Writing | Kuninori Yamazaki | Screenplay |
| Crew | Katsuji Oyamada | Cinematography |
| Writing | Hôko Momotani | Novel |
| Directing | Sachi Hamano | Director |