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Status
Released
Release
1995
Runtime
2h 1m
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"Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburō Ōe's masterpiece now blossoms with the music of Hikari Ōe."
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
27 Cast Members
Hinako Saeki
Ma-chan
Atsuro Watabe
Iiyo
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Father
Mihoko Shibata
Mother
Masayuki Imai
Arai
Tamaki Ogawa
Weather Forecast
Takao Okamura
Danto
Nobuko Miyamoto
Danto's Wife
Yoshiyuki Omori
Oh-chan
Keita Tsukui
Tokie Hidari
Asakura
Tetsu Watanabe
Water Bottle Man
Rie Shibata
Neighbor's Wife
Shinobu Kawamata
Wife
Chōei Takahashi
Police Officer
Nobuto Okamoto
Sewage Owner
Noboru Akima
Hisako Hara
Grandmother
Mieko Yuki
Fusa
Yûki Hoshino
