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JAPAN · 1988

Crane

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age Japanese folklore transformation sacrifice poverty and wealth supernatural love
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Synopsis

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...

Year1988
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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