Synopsis

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.

Main Cast

Rena Tanaka

Satoka Aida

Age : N/A | Popularity : 38%

Mieko Harada

Shizue Aida

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Hiroyuki Sanada

Shinichirô Fujiki

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Mitsuru Hirata

Yasuhito Aida

Age : N/A | Popularity : 22%

Masaki Nishina

Akihito Tatara

Age : N/A | Popularity : 20%

Makoto Satō

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Hineki Mito

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Eriko Mikamo

Age : 55 | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Tetsuo Shinohara
Writing	Writer	Masahiko Nagasawa
	Novel	Ivan Turgenev
Sound	Original Music Composer	Joe Hisaishi
	Sound	Hidetoshi Nonaka
Camera	Director of Photography	Junichi Fujisawa
Art	Art Direction	Yuji Tsuzuki
Department	Role	Name

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