Cast
Elmar Wepper Hannelore Elsner Aya Irizuki Maximilian Brückner Nadja Uhl 
Birgit Minichmayr
Credits
Written by: 
Doris Dörrie
Plot
After the sudden death of his wife, a German widower travels to Japan to see Mount Fuji and finds a young butoh dancer, in a story about grief and love.
Sinekatalog’s take
A quiet and affecting drama about mourning.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (6,376 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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