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Bashing (2005)

A hero to the world but shunned in her own country.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 22M

Director : Masahiro Kobayashi

Synopsis

Yuko is a Japanese girl who was taken hostage in Iraq while volunteering there as an aid worker. Finally released and back in her hometown, Yuko finds herself ostracized as a national disgrace by society that sees her helping a country other than Japan, and the embarrassment of getting captured but not killed, as things of which to be brutally ashamed.

Actors

Fusako Urabe
Fusako Urabe
Yuko
Ryûzô Tanaka
Ryûzô Tanaka
Father
Nene Otsuka
Nene Otsuka
Stepmother
Kikujirō Honda
Kikujirō Honda
Boss
Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa
Hotel Manager

Crews

Masahiro Kobayashi
Masahiro Kobayashi
Director
Masahiro Kobayashi
Masahiro Kobayashi
Writer
Naoki Kaneko
Naoki Kaneko
Editor
Kôichi Saitô
Kôichi Saitô
Director of Photography

Trailers and other movies

[TRAILER] Bashing (2005) | reż. Masahiro Kobayashi

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