Summary "Mother, are you happy with him? Father said nothing and died quietly." Hiroshi borrows his sister Maki's laptop computer and finds a short message written to the mother who had abandoned them. Without telling Maki, Hiroshi submits her message to a Fukui prefecture collection, and it wins a prize. The episodic narrative gradually fills in the background to this message. She goes from being a design company employee to a restorer of medieval art works. He is a university student in Tokyo. Their father died of a heart attack and never spoke about the divorce from their mother. Hiroshi meets the mother and tries to bring her back to the family, despite Maki's violent objection. View more details
Directed : Shin'ichirô Sawai
Written : Shin'ichirô Sawai Ryoji Ito
Stars : Keiko Awaji Tetsuya Bessho Ryô Amamiya Hideko Hara
Genres : Drama
Release date : Nov 22, 1995
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Filming locations : Japan
Production companies : Toei Tokyo
Summary "Mother, are you happy with him? Father said nothing and died quietly." Hiroshi borrows his sister Maki's laptop computer and finds a short message written to the mother who had abandoned them. Without telling Maki, Hiroshi submits her message to a Fukui prefecture collection, and it wins a prize. The episodic narrative gradually fills in the background to this message. She goes from being a design company employee to a restorer of medieval art works. He is a university student in Tokyo. Their father died of a heart attack and never spoke about the divorce from their mother. Hiroshi meets the mother and tries to bring her back to the family, despite Maki's violent objection. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Nov 22, 1995
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Filming locations : Japan
Production companies : Toei Tokyo
