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125 Years Memory

125 Years Memory

A Story of Friendship and Compassion

20157.82h 12m

Overview

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.

Directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka
Written by Mika Toyoda, Eriko Komatsu, Takashi Inoue
Produced by Oji Morita, Kazuhito Amano, Norihisa Ohara
Box OfficeBudget: $15.0MRevenue: $8.6M

Top Cast

Seiyo Uchino

Seiyo Uchino

Motosada Tamura

Kenan Ece

Kenan Ece

Mustafa / Murat

Shioli Kutsuna

Shioli Kutsuna

Haru / Harumi

Alican Yücesoy

Alican Yücesoy

Bekir

Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

Yuki

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Yutaka Nomura

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Kudo

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Mayor Sato

Shunsuke Daitoh

Shunsuke Daitoh

Shintaro

Ayako Kobayashi

Ayako Kobayashi

Tome

Themes & Keywords

friendshipjapanshipwreckworld peacebased on true storyhistoricalcompassionhistorical eventwakayama japan19th centuryturkishkushimoto

About 125 Years Memory

125 Years Memory is a history, drama film released in 2015 exploring themes of friendship, japan, shipwreck, world peace, based on true story, historical. Directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka, it stars Seiyo Uchino, Kenan Ece, Shioli Kutsuna. 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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