Chronicles the tumultuous life of American journalist and editor Leonie Gilmour, who played a role in the history of Japanese-American relations as wife of writer Yone Noguchi and mother of famed sculptor and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi.

Prod companies: Crescent City Pictures, Hyde Park Films, Leonie Partners LLP

Backer: Leonie Partners LLP

Producers: Patrick Aiello, Joyce Jun, Hisako Matsui, Yuki Ito, Masao Nagai, Ashok Amritraf, Manu Gargi

Budget: tba

Intl sales: tba

Director: Hisako Matsui

Screenplay: Hisako Matsui

DoP: Tetsuo Nagata

Production Design: Giles Masters, Osamu Yamaguchi

Art Director: Aaron Haye

Cast: Emily Mortimer, Shido Nakamura, Christina Hendricks, Mieko Harada, Jan Milligan, Kelly Vitz, Mary Kay Place, Keiko Takeshita, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masatoshi Nakamura

Locations: US, Japan (Kagawa)

Shooting dates: April – Mid-July 2009

Contact: Hyde Park Entertainment, contact@hydeparkentertainment.com

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