Japanese Story

Sandy Edwards is a geologist whose work takes her into the Pilbara, the vast desert region of western Australia. When a Japanese businessman, Hiromitsu Tachibana, arrives as a potential client for the geological mapping software her company has developed, she is asked to look after him and show him the country he has come to see. The two take an immediate dislike to each other, and their first meeting goes badly. Their trip into the desert leaves them stranded far from help, and the only way out is to depend on one another, though neither can stand the other's company.

Sue Brooks directed the film from a screenplay by Alison Tilson, with Sue Maslin producing. It was Brooks's second feature, following her 1997 debut Road to Nhill. Toni Collette plays Sandy, and Gotaro Tsunashima plays Hiromitsu, heading a credited cast of twenty-four that also includes Matthew Dyktynski, Lynette Curran and Yumiko Tanaka.

Released in 2003, the film runs 110 minutes and mixes drama with romance. Made for about six million dollars, it took roughly four million at the worldwide box office, less than its production cost. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.3 out of 10 from around 80 votes.