Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
A Japanese businessman is sent to Sri Lanka and meets a beautiful Japanese woman with a past. They befriend an old Japanese-Indian widow who has an estranged son in Japan.
A Japanese businessman is sent to Sri Lanka and meets a beautiful Japanese woman with a past. They befriend an old Japanese-Indian widow who has an estranged son in Japan.
Hideko Takamine
Kinya Kitaoji
Keiju Kobayashi
Keiko Tsushima
Shin Katagiri
Komaki Kurihara
Kōzaburō Onogawa
Hiroyuki Ôta
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