Faraway Sunset

Faraway Sunset — Plot

Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.

• Release date
• July 4, 1992
• Runtime
• 119 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Seijiro Koyama

Faraway Sunset — Cast

Yoshiko Mita Shika Noguchi Hiroshi Mikami Hideyo Noguchi Tatsuya Nakadai Kobayashi Riho Makise Yoneko Yamauchi Takahiro Tamura Ryutaro Shingo Yamashiro Dr. Watanabe Hiroyuki Nagato Dr. Kitasato Julie Dreyfus Mary