Japanese Story(2003)
Some stories can change your life.
Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on Earth.
Movie: Japanese Story
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Sandy Edwards
Hiromitsu Tachibana
Bill Baird
Mum
Yukiko Tachibana
Jackie
Jimmy Smithers
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Jane
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