While the Women Are Sleeping

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Movie: While the Women Are Sleeping
Romaji: Onna ga Nemuru Toki
Japanese: 女が眠る時
Director: Wayne Wang
Writer: Javier Marias (novel), Michael Ray, Lee Shin-Ho Mami Sunada
Producer: Yukie Kito, Toichiro Shiraishi
Cinematographer: Atsuhiro Nabeshima
Release Date: February 27, 2016
Runtime: 103 min.
Genre: Mystery
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Kenji Shimizu (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is a writer. He goes to a resort hotel with his wife (Sayuri Oyamada) for a one week vacation. Kenji Shimizu is bored with his wife and is also in a slump with his writing. He decides to get a job. Kenji just kills time at the resort hotel. A couple, that includes an older man (Takeshi Kitano) and a beautiful young woman (Shiori Kutsuna), catches Kenji's eyes. Kenji follows the couple.

Cast

Takeshi Kitano - Sahara
Hidetoshi Nishijima - Kenji Shimizu
Shiori Kutsuna - Miki
Sayuri Oyamada - Aya Shimizu
Lily Franky - Iizuka
Hirofumi Arai - Ishihara
Makiko Watanabe - Kyoko

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2016 (66th) Berlin International Film Festival - Feb. 11-21, 2016 - Panorama Special

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Hazel Mar 20 2016 7:40 am oh my! the lovely and sweet shiori is playing an adult role now i cant imagine how time has passed. before I so much lover her in detective conan laying the role of a young fierce woman ran mouri :(. i still cant imagine she's playing a totally different role but i still see her so innocent.

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