Ichigensan (2000)
2h 2m
Running Time
January 29, 2000Release Date
Plot.
A foreign university student tries to fit in in Kyoto by reading books to the blind and finds himself falling in love.
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Release DateJanuary 29, 2000
Original Nameいちげんさん
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
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This Movie Is About.
japan
reader
outsider
blind people
Wiki.
Ichigensan - The Newcomer (いちげんさん, Ichigensan) is Swiss author David Zoppetti's debut novel. Written in Japanese, in 1996 it won the 20th Subaru Prize, awarded to new works by Subaru Novel Magazine (published by Shueisha) and was published by Shueisha that year. It was made into a film in 1999, and an English translation by Okinawan professor Takuma Sminkey was published by Ozaru Books in 2011.