Big Joys, Small Sorrows

Year: 1986

Runtime: 129 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita

Drama

A lighthouse keeper and his family follow work from town to town, each time making new friends and receiving a visit from his troublesome father.

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