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Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.Read moreLess
Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.
The story
Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.
Cast & crew
Yoshiko MitaShika Noguchi
Hiroshi MikamiHideyo Noguchi
Tatsuya NakadaiKobayashi
Riho MakiseYoneko Yamauchi
Takahiro TamuraRyutaro
Shingo YamashiroDr. Watanabe
Hiroyuki NagatoDr. Kitasato
Julie DreyfusMary
Toshinori OmiCast
Chisako HaraCast
Chōichirō KawarasakiExplore the crew
- Director
- Seijiro Koyama
- Screenplay
- Kaneto Shindō
- Producer
- Kazuyoshi Okuyama
- Editor
- Osamu Inoue
- Director of Photography
- Masahiko Iimura
- Original Music Composer
- Tetsuji Hayashi