Cast Member: Reiko Kusamura

Beneath the simple premise is a dissection of friendship and finding one’s place in society that is about as good as cinema has ever shown.

Masayuki Suo has constructed an often hilarious comedy mixed with a tender kernel that proves to be irresistible.

Nominated for an Academy Award and sweeping the board at the Japanese equivalent of ‘The Oscars’, Yoji Yamada’s lyrically, tenderly woven tale of dignity is a triumph of substance over action.