The Secret Garden

A film that understands the assignment. Sakiko, a bank teller with a dangerous love for money, is kidnapped during a bank robbery, only to see the loot dumped in a river. She then tries to recover the lost fortune. What follows is a fairly straightforward, if damp, heist movie.

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Shinobu Yaguchi directed The Secret Garden in 1997. See Shinobu Yaguchi's full filmography, where to start with Shinobu Yaguchi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shinobu Yaguchi.

The Secret Garden was released in 1997 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 85 minutes.