

Chizuru, a typical Japanese young female office worker, is socially clumsy, poor at romance and unhappy with her job. Being weary from a busy and stressful city life, she seriously desires to end her life somewhere faraway from the city and leaves for deep in the mountains, where she finds one lonely house. Then she attempts to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills in the guest house but she fails.... This is the beginning of her new life.
The original title is "天国はまだ遠く" (JA).
The runtime is 117 minutes (1h 57m).
The film was directed by Masahiko Nagasawa.
The screenplay was written by Keiko Misawa and Masahiko Nagasawa.
The score was composed by Toshiyuki Watanabe.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt1319676.

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天国はまだ遠く
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日本語
Japan



