A Girl in the Sunset (夕映え少女) 16 years old

Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second graduating class of the new Graduate School of Film and New Media at Japan’s top art school, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), where famed directors Takeshi Kitano and Kiyoshi Kurosawa teach.

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A Girl in the Sunset Cast

Name Character
Hanae Kan She was 17, now 34 years old as (segment "Asakusa no Shimai")
Takayo Mimura She was 22, now 39 years old as (segment "Asakusa no Shimai")
Yuriko Yoshitaka She was 19, now 36 years old as (segment "Itaria no Uta")
Kazuya Takahashi He was 38, now 55 years old as (segment "Itaria no Uta")
Maiko Yamada She was 26, now 43 years old as (segment "Musume Gokoro")
Ryûnosuke Kawai as (segment "Yuubae Shojo")

A Girl in the Sunset Crew

Name Department
Yasunari Kawabata as Story. He was 108 (72) years old when He died Writing
A Girl in the Sunset poster
A Girl in the Sunset (16 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, January 26, 2008
  • Runtime: 100 minutes