Directed by:
Shinji AoyamaScreenplay:
Shinji AoyamaCinematography:
Masaki TamuraComposer:
Hiroyuki NagashimaCast:
浅野忠信, Eri Ishida, Yuka Itaya, Aoi Miyazaki, Jō Odagiri, Kengo Kōra, Ken Mitsuishi, Katsuo Nakamura, 斉藤陽一郎, Kyūsaku Shimada, Kaori Tsuji, 豊原功補, Hikohiko Sugiyama (more)Plots(1)
Kenji is a boy who makes his living by doing odd jobs and driving for the drunken customers of a local bar. He has still not overcome the pain of being abandoned by his mother when he was very young, or of losing his father, who committed suicide. But his life changes radically one night when he is driving home Mamiya, the owner of a courier company, and realises that the man's companion is Chiyoko, his mother. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
浅野忠信
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Eri Ishida
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Yuka Itaya
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Aoi Miyazaki
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Jō Odagiri
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Kengo Kōra
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Ken Mitsuishi
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Katsuo Nakamura
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Kyūsaku Shimada
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Kaori Tsuji
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豊原功補
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Hikohiko Sugiyama
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Yûsuke Kawazu
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Miyako Yamaguchi
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