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125 Years Memory

A Story of Friendship and Compassion

7.8(32)20152h 12m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$15M
Box office
$8.6M
Language
English
  • friendship
  • japan
  • shipwreck
  • world peace
  • based on true story
  • historical
  • compassion
  • historical event
  • wakayama japan
  • 19th century
  • turkish
  • kushimoto

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Japan, Turkey

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Release dates

  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto Japanese Film Festival19 Jun 2016
  • JapanJP

    • PremiereWorld Premiere1 Dec 2015
    • Theatrical5 Dec 2015
    • Physical8 Jun 2016
  • TürkiyeTR

    • Theatrical25 Dec 2015

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125 Years Memory was released on 5 December 2015.

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