Summaries

Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college- educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing way.—L.H. Wong <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • family relationships
  • based on novel
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Oct 11, 1991
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Filming locations Japan
Production companies Shochiku Shochiku Eizo Company

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 1m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

The story revolves around the life of a father and a son. Tetsuo is a young man living alone in Tokyo. One day his father calls him to hurry home to the countryside for his mothers first death anniversary. Tetsuo returns to Tokyo and finds a new job of delivering steel rods. One day he delivers steel rods to a factory and finds a pretty cute girl who accepts the delivery slip from him. He tries to impress the girl and asks her name. But the girl does not answer his question. During the next days delivery he comes to know that the girl is deaf and dumb. Tetsuo falls in love with the girl and communicates with her using a fax machine.

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