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The Wind Cannot Read(Movie, 1958)

1h 55min | Genres: Romance / Love, Drama, War
The Wind Cannot ReadRating: 3.3/5 (with 55 votes)
The Wind Cannot Read is a 1958 British drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde, Yoko Tani, Ronald Lewis and John Fraser. It was based on the 1946 novel by Richard Mason, who also wrote the screenplay. The title derives from a Japanese poem, and lines from the poem are prominently displayed (in English) in the movie. The same lines are on the tombstone of Mason, who died in 1997. ()
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About The Wind Cannot Read

Dirk Bogarde is an officer during World War II learning Japanese in India in order to do intelligence work on the Indian front. While there he gets a Japanese teacher, who is full of the inscrutable and mysterious East, like a Chinese motorcycle.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 06/10/1958
Director: Ralph Thomas
Producer: Betty Box, Earl St. John
Screenwriter: Richard Mason
Film Editor: Frederick Wilson
Director of Photography: Ernest Steward

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:230939, Added: 04/30/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024