125 Years Memory
A Story of Friendship and Compassion
132 mins
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.
Yusuke Nakagawa
Assistant Director
Yuki Mototani
Music Editor
Genichi Tsushima
Music Producer
Takashi Inoue
Assistant Director
Alexander Volkov
Sound Engineer
Riuko Tominaga
Producer
Julien Bachelier
Digital Imaging Technician
Kazumi Matsuzawa
Script Supervisor
Yasuhiro Fukuoka
Casting Producer
Takashi Inoue
Script Consultant
Ryosuke Kijiya
Executive Producer