Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Shinji Sōmai Director
- Koichi Sato as Hiroshi Nirasaki
- Yuki Saito as Mizuho
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Sasaichi
- Shiho Fujimura as Mizuho's Mother
- Sumiko Fuji as Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
- Tomokazu Miura as Hiroshi's Brother
- Kimiko Yo as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
- Shinya Tsukamoto as Doctor
- Tsurube Shofukutei as Shinto Priest
- Takehiro Murata as Sawachika, Hiroshi's Partner
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