Tasmania Story

Tasmania Story
Film poster
Directed byYasuo Furuhata
Screenplay byKaneko Shigeto
Produced by
  • Hideshi Miyajima
  • Hisashi Hieda
  • Shinya Kawai
  • Satoshi Kiyoshi Ichiko
  • Charles Hannah
Starring
CinematographyJunichiro Hayashi
Edited byMasaru Iizuka
Music byJoe Hisaishi
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • July 21, 1990 (1990-07-21) (Japan)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.52 billion

Tasmania Story (Japanese: タスマニア物語, Hepburn: Tasumania Monogatari) is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. The film was produced by Pacific Link Communications Japan, the Fuji Television Network and David Hannay Productions, and was shot in southern Tasmania in the winter of 1989. Tasmania Story stars Kunie Tanaka, Hiroko Yakushimaru and Motoshii Taga in the lead roles, and was released on July 21, 1990 by Toho, in Japan, where it was a financial success.

The soundtrack to the film, composed by Joe Hisaishi, was also released on July 21, 1990. Hisaishi's score was nominated for a Japan Academy Film Prize in 1991.