The Portrait Studio

2013

0h 17m

6.4(9 votes)

Animation

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Late 19th century Japan: a studio photographer who always captures his clients’ best smile. One day he tries to coax a smile out of a little girl, but… A nostalgic tale of a relationship that transcends wars and disasters.

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