Turning Point
1994, Japanese. Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Nobuhiko ObayashiDirector
- Sayuri YoshinagaYumiko Minami
- Masahiko TsugawaToyosaki
- Morio KazamaShibukawa
- Miki FujitaniChie Minami
- Ittoku KishibeSakakibara, The Politician
- Tadao TakashimaAsaoka
- Takehiko MaedaHasegawa, The Director
- Toshinori OmiFujimura, The Prime Minister's Secretary
- Tsurutaro KataokaOonuma, The Calligrapher
- Hideo TakamatsuEditorial Writer
- Fujio SugaCast
- Sachio SakaiCast
Details
- Released
- 18 June 1994
- Original title
- 女ざかり
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tatsuo Nogami, Yoshinori Watanabe, Nobuhiko Obayashi
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Turning Point runs 118 minutes (1h 58m).
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Turning Point isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 June 1994. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Turning Point?
Turning Point (1994) was directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi and stars Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masahiko Tsugawa, Morio Kazama.