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Summary
Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 77GoodWatch 74
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings4.0/5
IMDb7.3
Running time
2 h 15 min
Longer than most dramas, +26 min on the typical 109
typical 109135Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1989
November 18, 1989
37 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
ChineseMade in
Japan
and 10 more21 people
- BengalShunzo Horikoshi
- Masako MotaiMichi Horikoshi
- Yasufumi HayashiToru Horikoshi
- Haruhiko SaitoMr. Ioka
- Takashi SasanoMr. Yamada
- Hana KinoMatsue Otobuji
- Akira EmotoMr. Teramoto
- YOYugi OgataBank Clerk
- COChiyodayu OkuboMr. Aotani
- Ryo IwamatsuPoliceman
- KHKazunori HagiwaraYasuo Hirai
Hiromi OshimaYumi Horikoshi- HOHiromi OdaMidori
- SMShinbō MinamiFoppish Man
Ryo AmamiyaCustomer
Wakaba IrieHaruzo's Sister
Toru MinegishiDr. Muraki- MAMitsuyo AsakaHatsuko Iida
- MIMasaru IgarashiFriend at Market
- YIYasuyuki IidaMr. Akatani
Kazuo SatsuyaHost
Directing · 2
- Nobuhiko Obayashi Director
- Shinichiro Nakata Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Yoshihiro Ishimatsu Writer
Production · 3
- Kaneo Kawanabe Producer
- Kyōko Ōbayashi Producer
- Michio Morioka Producer
Camera · 1
- Shigekazu Nagano Director of Photography
Sound · 3
- Tetsuo Kondô Original Music Composer
- Shouhei Hayashi Sound Designer
- Masatoshi Yokomizo Sound
Art · 1
- Kazuo Satsuya Art Direction, Production Design
Lighting · 1
- Suzuki Naohide Gaffer
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