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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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 65GoodWatch 69
IMDb6.5
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for dramas, −9 min on the typical 109
typical 109100Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1998
December 19, 1998
28 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 12 more17 people
- Koichi SatoHiroshi Nirasaki
- Yuki SaitoMizuho
- Tsutomu YamazakiSasaichi
- Shiho FujimuraMizuho's Mother
- Sumiko FujiKimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
- Tomokazu MiuraHiroshi's Brother
- Kimiko YoWife of Hiroshi's Brother
- Shinya TsukamotoDoctor
Tsurube ShofukuteiShinto Priest
Takehiro MurataSawachika, Hiroshi's Partner
Minori TeradaTruck Driver
Chisako HaraMizuho's Aunt
Michiko KawaiNurse
Houka KinoshitaDrunk Man
Kyōko MitsubayashiYaeko Togashi, Sasaichi's Wife- KOKeita OkadaMitsuru, Hiroshi's Son
- MKMakoto KakedaOffice Worker
Directing · 2
- Shinji Sōmai Director
- Haruko Imamura Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Takehiro Nakajima Screenplay
- Masahiko Murakami Original Story
Production · 3
- Shigehiro Nakagawa Executive Producer
- Nozomi Enoki Producer
- Takashi Yajima Producer
Camera · 1
- Mutsuo Naganuma Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yoshiyuki Okuhara Editor
Sound · 2
- Yoshihide Otomo Music
- Hidetoshi Nonaka Recording Supervision
Art · 1
- Fumio Ogawa Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Michiko Kitamura Costume Designer
Lighting · 1
- Hideo Kumagai Lighting Director
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