125 Years Memory

125 Years Memory
Poster
Japanese name
Kanji海難１８９０
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnKainan 1890
Directed byMitsutoshi Tanaka
Screenplay byEriko Komatsu [ja]
Produced by
  • Kazuhito Amano
  • Norihisa Ohara
  • Ryosuke Otani
  • Teiji Ozawa
  • Riuko Tominaga
Starring
CinematographyTetsuo Nagata
Edited byAkimasa Kawashima [ja]
Music byMichiru Oshima
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) (Japan)
  • 25 December 2015 (2015-12-25) (Turkey)
Running time
132 minutes[2]
CountriesJapan
Turkey
LanguagesJapanese
Turkish
English
BudgetUS$15 million[3]
Box office
  • ¥780 million (Japan)[4]
  • ₺4.7 million (Turkey)[5]

125 Years Memory (海難１８９０, Kainan 1890) is a 2015 drama film directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka starring Seiyo Uchino, Kenan Ece and Shioli Kutsuna.[2][6] Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: The sinking of the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul off the Japanese coast in 1890 and the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Iran in 1985.[7][8] It received the Japan Academy Film Prize in ten categories, including Best Art Direction, Best Sound Recording, Excellent Film and Excellent Director.[6][9][10] A Japanese-Turkish co-production, the film was produced by Japan's Creators' Union and Toei together with Turkey's Böcek Yapım.[1][6] It was released in Japan by Toei on 5 December 2015 and in Turkey by CGV Mars on 25 December 2015.[2][11]

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  2. ^ a b c 海難1890(2015). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "田中光敏監督新作は壮大な感動秘話　「海難１８９０」主演内野聖陽さん". Fukui Shimbun (in Japanese). 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "映画興行の状況について". NPO Ertuğrul Saves the World (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Ertuğrul 1890 genel bakış". Box Office Türkiye (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "125 Years Memory official website". Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  7. ^ Akalın, Can (13 June 2016). "A tale of two countries bound by tragedy and heroism". Nikkei Voice. Vol. 30, no. 5. Toronto. p. 11. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  8. ^ Nishihiro, Shinji. "西廣理事よりNPOの活動状況について", NPO Ertuğrul Saves the World, Wakayama. Retrieved 22 November 2018. (in Japanese)
  9. ^ "第39回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品", Japan Academy Film Prize Association. Retrieved 3 July 2020.(in Japanese)
  10. ^ "プロフィール", "Film director Mitsutoshi Tanaka". Retrieved 3 July 2020.(in Japanese)
  11. ^ "Kainan 1890 (125 Years Memory)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 8, 2016.