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A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.

Drama

Release: 1998-12-19Runtime: 100 minRating: 6.8 (6)

Cast

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Hiroshi Nirasaki

Yuki Saito

Yuki Saito

Mizuho

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Sasaichi

Shiho Fujimura

Shiho Fujimura

Mizuho's Mother

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Hiroshi's Brother

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Wife of Hiroshi's Brother

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Doctor

Tsurube Shofukutei

Tsurube Shofukutei

Shinto Priest

Takehiro Murata

Takehiro Murata

Sawachika, Hiroshi's Partner

Crew

Shinji Sōmai

Shinji Sōmai

Director

Michiko Kitamura

Michiko Kitamura

Costume Designer

Hideo Kumagai

Lighting Director

Hidetoshi Nonaka

Recording Supervision

Yoshihide Otomo

Yoshihide Otomo

Music

Masahiko Murakami

Original Story

Takehiro Nakajima

Takehiro Nakajima

Screenplay

Mutsuo Naganuma

Director of Photography

Yoshiyuki Okuhara

Editor

Fumio Ogawa

Production Design