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Dreams (Yume)

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Movie propaganda

Eight short films, with overlaps in terms of characters and thematic material - chiefly that of man's relationship with his environment:

Sunshine through the rain: a young boy is told not to go out on the day when both weather conditions occur, because that's when the foxes hold their wedding procession, which could have fatal consequences for those who witness it.
The peach orchard: the same young boy encounters the spirits of the peach trees that have been cut down by heartless humans.
The blizzard: a team of mountaineers are saved from a blizzard by spiritual intervention.
The tunnel: a man encounters the ghosts of an Army platoon, for whose deaths he was responsible.
Crows: an art student encounters Vincent van Gogh and enters the world of his paintings.
Mount Fuji in red: nuclear meltdown threatens the devastation of Japan.
The weeping demon: a portrait of a post-nuclear world populated by human mutations.
Village of the watermills: a sunny portrait of a village whose population is entirely at one with nature.

Starring Akira Terao as "I", Mitsuko Baisho as mother of "I", Toshie Negishi as mother carrying child, Mieko Harada as the Snow Fairy, Mitsunori Isaki as "I" as a boy, Toshihiko Nakano as "I" as a young child, Yoshitaka Zushi as Private Noguchi, Hisashi Igawa as the nuclear plant worker, Chosuke Ikariya as the crying demon, Chishu Ryu as old man, Martin Scorsese as Vincent van Gogh and Masayuki Yui as member of climbing team. Written and directed by Akira Kurosawa.

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Not for public release in Australia before date

14 July 2000