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Silk (2007) [R]

Release Date:
September 14, 2007

Original Title:
Silk

Alternate Titles:
Seda
silk
실크

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Bee Vine Pictures
Fandango
Rhombus Media
Vice Versa Films

Production Countries:
Canada | Italy | Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
CA: R  DE: 12  FR: TP  IE: 15A  JP: PG12  US: R 

Runtime: 107

Come Back, or I Shall Die...

Overview from TheMovieDB

French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. He becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.

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Casting:
Susie Figgis
Toshiie Tomida
Béatrice Kruger
John Buchan

Costume Designer:
Carlo Poggioli
Kazuko Kurosawa

Director:
François Girard

Director of Photography:
Alain Dostie

Editor:
Pia Di Ciaula

Executive Producer:
Jonathan Debin
Patrice Theroux
Camela Galano
Tatsumi Yoda
Yasushi Shiina
Akira Ishii

Foley:
Jérôme Décarie
Nicolas Gagnon

Foley Recording Engineer:
Daniel Bisson

Makeup Artist:
Mariko Tanaka

Novel:
Alessandro Baricco

Original Music Composer:
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Producer:
Nadine Luque
Domenico Procacci
Niv Fichman
Sonoko Sakai

Production Designer:
Emita Frigato
Fumio Ogawa
François Séguin

Screenplay:
François Girard
Michael Golding

Sound:
Olivier Calvert
Claude La Haye
Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Claude Beaugrand
Hans Peter Strobl

Special Effects Supervisor:
Franco Galiano
Shûichi Kishiura

Stunt Coordinator:
Angelo Ragusa
Hiroshi Kuze

VFX Supervisor:
Stéphane Landry

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