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Un-Nan - The Legend of the Eight-headed Serpent

This film is the second installment in a Shimane trilogy by director Yoshinari Nishikori, following White Ship. Tetsuro, a third-year high school student living in Unnan City, delivers milk produced at his father’s factory to his hospitalized mother every morning. As he approaches graduation, he finds himself troubled by his future path and his feelings for his classmate Takako. His friends Yuji and Kumiko try to help his romance succeed, but things don’t go as planned… Set in Unnan, a region dotted with sites tied to ancient mythology, the film portrays the everyday lives of the people who live there in a gentle human drama.

Top Cast

  • Ryô Hashizume

    Ryô Hashizume

  • Nana Yanagisawa

    Nana Yanagisawa

  • Suguru Matsuzawa

    Suguru Matsuzawa

  • Kaoru Hirata

    Kaoru Hirata

  • Youki Kato

    Youki Kato

Overview

This film is the second installment in a Shimane trilogy by director Yoshinari Nishikori, following White Ship. Tetsuro, a third-year high school student living in Unnan City, delivers milk produced at his father’s factory to his hospitalized mother every morning. As he approaches graduation, he finds himself troubled by his future path and his feelings for his classmate Takako. His friends Yuji and Kumiko try to help his romance succeed, but things don’t go as planned… Set in Unnan, a region dotted with sites tied to ancient mythology, the film portrays the everyday lives of the people who live there in a gentle human drama.

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