Motoki Masahiro, Ishibashi Renji, Mako Iwamatsu. Based on a novel by Shiina Makoto. A foreign film (Japan). Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Special features: exclusive interview with director; commentary with Tom Mes; original trailer; bios/filmographies; promotional material.
Summary:
The Japanese businessman, and debt-collecting yakuza on a journey to investigate a jade mine, which turns into a search for the bird people, but ultimately becomes a voyage of discovery to the core values of modern man.
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