Tōki Rakujitsu

Tōki Rakujitsu (遠き落日; "Faraway Sunset") 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]

Tōki Rakujitsu
Directed by	Seijirō Kōyama
Written by	Kaneto Shindō (novel) Kaneto Shindō Junichi Watanabe
Produced by	Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Starring	Hiroshi Mikami Yoshiko Mita Chōichirō Kawarazaki Riho Makise Tetsuko Kobayashi Julie Dreyfus Takahiro Tamura Tatsuya Nakadai
Edited by	Osamu Inoue
Music by	Tetsuji Hayashi
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	July 4, 1992 (1992-07-04)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Japan

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