Tasmania Story

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.