Sep 20, 2008
120 min
Full-HD

Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Office Kitano Bandai Visual

Takeshi Kitano

Machisu

Kanako Higuchi

Sachiko

Yûrei Yanagi

Young Machisu

Kumiko Aso

Young Sachiko

Akira Nakao

Risuke Kuramochi

Mariko Tsutsui

Haru Kuramochi

Masatô Ibu

Akio Kikuta

Nao Omori

Art Dealer

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