Film

The Village Album

2004 · 1h 51m · Drama

IMDb

7.0

Hanatani Village in the valley of Tokushima Prefecture is going to be submerged when a dam is constructed. In order to preserve the beauty of the place for future generations, the villagers decide to take photographs of all the families in the village. Kenichi, the only photographer in the village, is put in charge of the project. He calls his son Takashi, an aspiring photographer, to help him with the task. Takashi is puzzled since his father and he are not at all close, but as they visit each family in turn and Takashi sees his father working, Takashi's feelings towards his father begin to change.

Tatsuya Fuji

Takahashi Kenichi

Ken Kaito

Takahashi Takashi

Mao Miyaji

Kana Takahashi

Masahiro Komoto

Pace Wu Pui-Tsi

Rin

Tomoyo Harada

Takahashi Noriko

Mutsuko Sakura

Kazue Fukiishi

Ren Osugi

• Mitsuhiro MiharaDirector · Screenplay
• Kei OguraOriginal Music Composer

Release date

April 23, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Drama