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Silk(2007)
Status: Released
Date: 2007-09-14
57%
219 Votes
Time: 1h 47m
Come Back, or I Shall Die...
Overview:
French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. He becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.
Languages: English, Japanese, Latin.
Countries:
Canada,
Italy,
Japan
Budget: $20,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Bee Vine Pictures
Vice Versa Films
Movie: Silk
Top 10 Billed Cast
Keira Knightley
Hélène Joncour
Michael Pitt
Hervé Joncour
Alfred Molina
Baldabiou
役所広司
Hara Jubei
芦名星
The Girl
中谷美紀
Madame Blanche
Kenneth Welsh
Mayor Joncour
Callum Keith Rennie
Schuyler
Mark Rendall
Ludovic Berbek
Martha Burns
Mme. Joncour
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