125 Years Memory
7.1
“A Story of Friendship and Compassion”
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.
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Cast
111 people
Seiyo Uchino
Motosada Tamura
Known for
13 Assassins
Homunculus
Mitsutoshi Tanaka
Director
Eriko Komatsu
Scenarist
Kenan Ece
Mustafa / Murat
Known for
The Yard
Kin
Shioli Kutsuna
Haru / Harumi
Known for
Invasion
Deadpool 2
Alican Yücesoy
Bekir
Known for
Ethos
Serial Cook
Yui Natsukawa
Yuki
Known for
Still Walking
Zatoichi
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Yutaka Nomura
Known for
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Naoto Takenaka
Kudo
Known for
Shinjuku Incident
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Takashi Sasano
Mayor Sato
Known for
Sanctuary
Love and Honor
Shunsuke Daitoh
Shintaro
Known for
37 Seconds
HK: Forbidden Super Hero
Ayako Kobayashi
Tome
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Oshin
Oshin
Mitsutoshi Tanaka Director · Eriko Komatsu Screenplay Mika Toyoda Author
Worldwide gross $8.6M · Budget $15M · First release December 1, 2015
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,596,000
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Toei Company
Production · Distribution
Creators' Union
Production
Böcek Yapım
Production
Kinoshita Group
Production
Toei Studios Kyoto
Production
Toei Tokyo
Production
Toei Video Company
Production
dentsu
Production
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Production
PIA Corporation
Production
Innovation Design
Production
Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Production
Noritsu Koki
Production
Mainichi Shimbun
Production
BS Fuji
Production
MX Entertainment
Production
The Kitanippon Shimbun
Production
Japan · Türkiye
Produced in
エルトゥールル号
Working title
Languages
Original title
海難1890
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese · Turkish
Release dates
Japan · December 1, 2015
Premiere · World Premiere
Japan · December 5, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
June 19, 2016 · Premiere · Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Japan
June 8, 2016 · Physical
Türkiye
December 25, 2015 · Theatrical
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