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.
Hiroshi Nirasaki
Mizuho
Sasaichi
Mizuho's Mother
Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
Hiroshi's Brother
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
Doctor
Shinto Priest
Sawachika, Hiroshi's Partner
Truck Driver
Mizuho's Aunt
Nurse
Drunk Man
Yaeko Togashi, Sasaichi's Wife
December 19, 1998
Hiroshi Nirasaki
Mizuho
Sasaichi
Mizuho's Mother
Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
Hiroshi's Brother
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
Doctor
Shinto Priest
Sawachika, Hiroshi's Partner
Truck Driver
Mizuho's Aunt
Nurse
Drunk Man
Yaeko Togashi, Sasaichi's Wife