Faraway Sunset (1992)

Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.

Released July 4, 1992 119 min None+

Genres: Biography, Drama

Keywords: imdb.childhood-accident, imdb.burned-hands, imdb.16-year-old, imdb.66-year-old, imdb.japanese-abroad, imdb.reference-to-philadelphia-pennsylvania, imdb.syphilis + 22 more, imdb.bacteria, imdb.reference-to-yellow-fever, imdb.reference-to-africa, imdb.narrative-over-epilogue, imdb.what-happened-to-epilogue, imdb.local-blockbuster, imdb.based-on-novel, tmdb.biography, imdb.bacteriologist, imdb.medical-profession, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.mentor-protege-relationship, imdb.scientist, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.soap-opera, imdb.graduate-student, imdb.village, imdb.voice-over-narration, imdb.doctor, imdb.poverty, aspectratio.2-35-1, tmdb.taisho-period