The Milkwoman

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Yūko Tanaka

Age : 68 | Popularity : 4%

Ittoku Kishibe

Age : 77 | Popularity : 7%

Akiko Nishina

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Koichi Ueda

Age : 83 | Popularity : 6%

Teruyuki Kagawa

Age : 58 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Shinichirô Ikebe
	Sound	Masatoshi Yokomizo
Directing	Director	Akira Ogata
Camera	Director of Photography	Norimichi Kasamatsu
Editing	Editor	Yōsuke Yafune
Art	Art Direction	Hidefumi Hanatani
Production	Producer	Shiro Oiwake Motohiro Hatanaka
Department	Role	Name

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