Gondola
1987·Japan·112 min.
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Ryo came from Aomori Prefecture to Tokyo. He works as a window washer for high-rise buildings. For his job, he uses a gondola to clean the windows. Meanwhile, 11-year-old Kagari lives with her musician mother at a high-rise apartment. Her mother is always busy and Kagari plays with her two pet birds. One day, Kagari finds one of her birds injured. Ryo, who is washing the window right outside of the room, sees Kagari. Ryo takes Kagari with her injured bird to a veterinary clinic.
DirectorChisho Itoh
ScreenwriterChisho Itoh
MusicSatoshi Yoshida
CinematographyToshihiko Uryu
CastYoshiko Uemura·Kenta Sakai·Midori Kiuchi·Hatsunori Hasegawa·Sumie Sasaki·Yoshikuni Kimura·Masayuki Suzuki·Junko Okunishi·Hideo Sato·Kieko Uemura
Original titleGondola