Across a Gold Prairie (金髪の草原) 24 years old

Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition, has spent sixty years of his life confined to his house. One morning, he wakes up believing himself to be twenty again. In his mind, he has become the youthful young man that he once was. However, reality fails to keep up with his illusion, and everything around him seems to be quite different from what he is used to. So, he decides that he is simply dreaming. As his reality becomes his dream, his unhappy world turns into a life enriched with happiness and expectations for the future. Ayumu is now enjoying his life to the full again.

Credits

Emiko Azuma as

Yūsuke Iseya as

Masatoshi Matsuo as

Chizuru Ikewaki as

Ryo Kato as

Takeshi Kato as

Across a Gold Prairie Cast

Name	Character
Emiko Azuma She was 75, 85 years old when she died
Yūsuke Iseya He was 23, now 47 years old
Masatoshi Matsuo He was 21, now 45 years old
Chizuru Ikewaki She was 17, now 42 years old
Ryo Kato He was 9, now 34 years old
Takeshi Kato He was 57, 39 years old when he died
Yuki Nagata She was 35, now 60 years old

Across a Gold Prairie Crew

Name	Department
Isshin Inudo as Director. He was 39 (now 63) years old	Directing

Across a Gold Prairie (24 years)

Release day: Sunday, October 31, 1999
Runtime: 96 minutes