Memory & Desire

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• Genre(s): Drama, Romance
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Melanie Read, Robin Murphy, Quentin Whitwell, Corina Ngatuere, Niki Caro See all Crew
• Cast(s): Brenda Kendall, Yôko Narahashi, Joel Tobeck, Norman Forsey, Ian Hughes See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 29min
• Music: Chris Burt,Peter Scholes
• Award(s): Film 1999 (Won)
  Golden Camera 1998 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Me Before You, The Age of Adaline
• Story:
  Niki Caro directed this romantic drama from New Zealand, adapted from Peter Wells' story, Of Memory & Desire, about the doomed affair of a Japanese couple on their honeymoon in New Zealand. The body of Keiji (Eugene Nomura) is pulled ashore on a New Zealand beach; his widow Sayo (Yuri Kinugawa) then tells the tale in flashback: Attracted to Keiji, Sayo marries him over the objections of his mother (Yoko Narahashi). Keiji becomes depressed when it seems he cannot consummate their marriage.
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