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Original Debut: 09/13/2007
DVD Released: 02/25/2008

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Earnings: $1.0 Million
Genre: Drama
Starring: Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Koji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Sei Ashina

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Based on the Alessandro Baricco's novel this is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins to suspect

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