Tōki Rakujitsu Explained

Tōki Rakujitsu
Director:	Seijirō Kōyama
Producer:	Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Starring:	Hiroshi Mikami Yoshiko Mita Chōichirō Kawarazaki Riho Makise Tetsuko Kobayashi Julie Dreyfus Takahiro Tamura Tatsuya Nakadai
Music:	Tetsuji Hayashi
Editing:	Osamu Inoue
Distributor:	Shochiku
Runtime:	119 minutes
Country:	Japan

is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Seijirō Kōyama. It is about the Japanese scientist Hideyo Noguchi. It is based on two biographical novels, Tōki Rakujitsu written by Junichi Watanabe^[1] and Noguchi no haha: Noguchi Hideo Monogatari written by Kaneto Shindō.^[2] The screenplay was written by Kaneto Shindō. It stars Hiroshi Mikami.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Yoshiko Mita - Shika Noguchi
• Hiroshi Mikami - Noguchi
• Tatsuya Nakadai - Kobayashi
• Riho Makise - Yoneko Yamauchi
• Takahiro Tamura - Ryutaro
• Choichiro Kawarasaki
• Shingo Yamashiro - Watanabe
• Toshinori Omi
• Hiroyuki Nagato
• Kojiro Kusanagi
• Masumi Harukawa
• Julie Dreyfus - Mary

Notes and References

1. Book: Watanabe, Junichi. 遠き落日 (Tōki Rakujitsu). Kadokawa shoten. 1982. 9784041307144.
2. Book: ノグチの母: 野口英世物語 (Noguchi no haha: Noguchi Hideo Monogatari). Kaneto. Shindō. Jun. Yoshida. Shogakukan. 1992. 4092300077.
3. Web site: 日遠き落日. コトバンク. 19 December 2019.
4. Web site: 遠き落日 . Agency for Cultural Affairs日本映画. 19 December 2019.