Film

Across a Gold Prairie

1999 · 1h 36m · Drama · Comedy · Romance

IMDb

7.3

Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition, has spent sixty years of his life confined to his house. One morning, he wakes up believing himself to be twenty again. In his mind, he has become the youthful young man that he once was. However, reality fails to keep up with his illusion, and everything around him seems to be quite different from what he is used to. So, he decides that he is simply dreaming. As his reality becomes his dream, his unhappy world turns into a life enriched with happiness and expectations for the future. Ayumu is now enjoying his life to the full again.

Yūsuke Iseya

Ayumu Nippori

Chizuru Ikewaki

Narisu Kodai

Masatoshi Matsuo

Maruo Kodai

Miako Tadano

Makiko Miyazono

Takeshi Katō

Takashi Kanzaki

Ryo Kato

Yuki Nagata

Emiko Azuma

Fusako Urabe

• Isshin InudoDirector
• Sakichi SatoWriter
• Yumiko OshimaStory

Release date

October 31, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Romance