📜 Overview:
Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (KISHIBE Ittoku), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
2005-07-02
⌚ Running Time:
127 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.3
Beloved Cast
Minako Oba
Yuko Tanaka
Kaita Takanashi
Ittoku Kishibe
Yoko Takanashi
Akiko Nishina
Masao Minagawa
Koichi Ueda
Manager of Super Market
Teruyuki Kagawa
Milk Shop Owner
Ippei Souda
Nurse Watanabe
Hazuki Kōzu
Kimiko Ito
Rakuko Tane
Mari Yoshida
Erika Mabuchi
Yujiro Kawai
Tatsuo Yamada
Manager of Child Guidance Center
Yûrei Yanagi
Chiyo Oba
Sawa Suzuki
Toshiko Minagawa
Misako Watanabe
Gallery Owner
Tarō Suwa
Old Man at City Office
Den Fujita
