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Dominican Rep. Farewell to the Ark (Goodbye Ark)
- Original title
- Saraba hakobuneaka
- AKA
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- Goodbye Ark
- Year
- 1984
- Running time
- 127 min.
- Country
Japan- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Tsutomu Yamazaki
Mayumi Ogawa
Yoshio Harada
Hitomi Takahashi
Yôko Takahashi
Eisei Amamoto
Hosei Komatsu
Seiji Miyaguchi
Renji Ishibashi
Keiko Niitaka
Takeshi Wakamatsu- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery | Magic Realism
- Movie Groups
- Gabriel García Márquez Adaptations
- Synopsis
- In a tale that is visually stunning in certain segments, director Shuji Terayama (who died before this movie was released) has woven a spell of magic and social reprobation around the forbidden love of two cousins. Su-e (Mayumi Ogawa) and her cousin Sutekichi (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a descendant of one of the village clans, live together but have been forbidden by her father to have sexual contact. Like other villagers, he believes that if cousins have children together, the children will suffer serious birth defects. His remedy is to make Su-e wear a large, ugly chastity belt. Unable to take the ridicule of his fellow villagers, Sutekichi stabs the head of the clan to death and then runs away with Su-e. After some time elapses, the two make their way back to the village, but by then Sutekichi is suffering the effects of his actions.
- Awards
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1985: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Palm (Best Film)1985: Sitges Fantasy Film Festival: Best Director, Best Cinematography1985: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: Best Actor.
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