A Swiss nun falls in love with a Japanese engineer.
Social & External
The people behind it
Claude Jade
Marie-Thérèse
Gō Katō
Mitsuo
Kinuyo Tanaka
Old Nun
Tomoko Ogawa
Naoko
Denise Péron
Sister Simone
Françoise Guernier
Sister Andree
Wataru Kobayashi
Former mine worker
Kayoko Onishi
Martine Mathias
Marie-Therese's Mother
Mini Sakuya
Nun in East Pakistan
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