Dec 07, 2000
128 min
Full-HD

Ritual (2000)

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Tokuma Shoten Studio Kajino

Shunji Iwai

Director

Ayako Fujitani

She

Jun Murakami

Bicycle Man

Shinobu Otake

Mother

Suzuki Matsuo

Man (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Woman (voice)

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