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Cape of the North

Cape of the North

1976•1h 53m
DramaRomance

A Swiss nun falls in love with a Japanese engineer.

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Production

Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company, TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Claude Jade

Claude Jade

Marie-Thérèse

Gō Katō

Gō Katō

Mitsuo

Tomoko Ogawa

Naoko

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Old Nun

Wataru Kobayashi

Former mine worker

Kayoko Onishi

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