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JAPAN · 1984
The Island Closest to Heaven
Japanese New Wave
coming-of-age
father-daughter relationship
grief and loss
island paradise
self-discovery
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Synopsis
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
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