# Keiko (1979)

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**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Claude Gagnon
**Written by**: Claude Gagnon
**Starring**: Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikeuchi, Toshio Hashimoto, Nobuo Nakanishi

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Keiko seeks love in a café until a failed romance pushes her toward Kazuyo. Under her father’s relentless push to marry she chooses an unexpected path instead. A quiet portrait of defiance carried by yearning, set in 1970s Tokyo.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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