Memory & Desire (1997)

Memory & Desire (1997) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Stockholm Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
New Zealand ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Niki Caro

Written By:
Niki Caro

Actors:
Norman Forsey ..... Tour Guide
John Hancox ..... Jeanette
Ian Hughes ..... Sayo
Rome Kanda ..... Mrs. Nakajima
Brenda Kendall ..... Keiji
Yuri Kinugawa ..... Nod
Tim Lee
Wayne McGoram
Charley Murphy Samau
Yôko Narahashi
Eugene Nomura
Takeshi Ôbayashi
John Paekau
Grant Rosoman
Senri Sakurai
Midori Takei
Shiori Terada
Joel Tobeck
Joy Watson

Synopsis:

Sato & Keiji are deeply in love but socially mismatched and to escape Keiji's disapproving mother they honeymoon in NZ. Keiji is inexperienced and in his frusatration finds it difficult to make love to Sato. Finally on an isolated NZ beach they fulfill their intense sexual passion. Tragically Keijidrowns and Sato takes his body back to Japan where she must confront Keiji's mother who blames her for son's death. Driven to despair she returns to NZ and the cave where she and Keiji first made love. In her despair she strikes up a relationship with a local fisherman who helps reawaken her sexuality and is able to farewell the spirit of her lost husband. A powerful feature from arguably one of New Zealand's most accomplished directors

Niki Caro directed this romantic drama from New Zealand, adapted from Peter Wells' story, Of Memory & Desire, about the doomed affair of a Japanese couple on their honeymoon in New Zealand. The body of Keiji (Eugene Nomura) is pulled ashore on a New Zealand beach; his widow Sayo (Yuri Kinugawa) then tells the tale in flashback: Attracted to Keiji, Sayo marries him over the objections of his mother (Yoko Narahashi). Keiji becomes depressed when it seems he cannot consummate their marriage. However, they succeed in their hotel room and also later at a beach cave where Keiji carves the word "love" inside the cave before tragedy strikes. In Tokyo, Sayo rebels against Keiji's family. Returning to New Zealand, she suffers mental collapse as she constructs a shrine in the cave. Shown in the International Critics Week section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

Sayo and Keiji have eloped to New Zealand to marry, away from the interference of Keiji's disapproving mother in Japan. On their honeymoon, they have the freedom to express their love away from her repressive influence. However, on what should be the happiest of days, Keiji is drowned and Sayo must, by custom, return to live with her cruel and selfish mother-in-law.

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