

A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, Seiji Okuda, Yoshishige Shimatani
User score
27 votes
Released
November 3, 2007
2h 26m
Japanese

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Ryunosuke Chagawa

Shinichi Tsutsumi
Norifumi Suzuki

Koyuki
Hiromi Ishizaki

Maki Horikita
Mutsuko Hoshino

Hiroko Yakushimaru
Tomoe Suzuki

Tomokazu Miura
Dr. Takuma

Masako Motai
Kin Ohta

Fumiyo Kohinata
Yasunari Kawabuchi

Kenta Suga
Junnosuke Furuyuki

Kazuki Koshimizu
Ippei Suzuki

Takaya Kamikawa

Satomi Tezuka

Mitsuru Hirata

Kazue Fukiishi
Yamamura the teacher

Seiji Fukushi

Kazuyuki Asano

Ikkei Watanabe

Magi

Yoichi Nukumizu

Hiroshi Kanbe
Telegraph clerk