MAGIC KIMONO (Futari no Tabiji)

Japan/Latvia 2017 | 99 min | HD Color

Written & Directed by Maris Martinsons

Produced by Linda Krukle, Eiko Mizuno-Gray & Jason Gray

Cast: Kaori Momoi, Issey Ogata, Arturs Skrastins, Alise Polancenko, Midori Kiuchi, Saburo Ishikura

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The first ever feature film co-production between Japan and the Baltics, shot with the full cooperation of sister cities Kobe (Japan) and Riga (Latvia). 

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Kaori Momoi (GHOST IN THE SHELL, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA) stars as a woman living a sheltered existence since losing her daughter and husband two decades ago. When she travels to Riga, Latvia to join a kimono show, her long lost husband re-appears... Co-starring Issey Ogata (SILENCE, THE SUN). 

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Festival Screenings:

・Japan Film Festival of San Francisco

・EU Film Days

・EstAsia

・Pune IFF

・Dhaka IFF

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Official Site (Japanese)

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International Sales (Antipode)