Memory & Desire

New Zealand Production
Feature 1998 Drama 89.00 minutes
Memory and desire
Memory and Desire is a contempory drama about two Japanese honeymooners in New Zealand and the tragedy which befalls them. Keiji, a newly married Japanese tourist, drowns mysteriously on a New Zealand beach. His distraught widow, Sayo, tells their story.
Critics Week - Cannes Film Festival 1999
Nokia New Zealand Film Awards - Best Film
Special Jury Prize
Best Design
Best Foreign Performer

Directors

Niki Caro

Producers

Owen Hughes

Screenplay Writers

Niki Caro

Executive Producers

Will Tyrer
Chris Ball
Pierre Edelman

Cast

Yuri Kinugawa
Sayo
Eugene Nomura
Keii
Joel Tobeck
Nod

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