
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.
Release Date: 11/3/2007
Runtime: 146 minutes
Languages: Japanese
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
0Revenue: $46.8M
Companies: dentsu Music and Entertainment, IMAGICA, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Robot Communications, Shogakukan, TOHO, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Shirogumi, IMAGICA GROUP, VAP, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System
Countries: Japan
Norifumi Suzuki

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Ryunosuke Chagawa

Maki Horikita
Mutsuko Hoshino

Shinichi Tsutsumi
Norifumi Suzuki

Kazuki Koshimizu
Ippei Suzuki

Koyuki
Hiromi Ishizaki

Tomokazu Miura
Dr. Takuma

Hiroko Yakushimaru
Tomoe Suzuki

Kenta Suga
Junnosuke Furuyuki

Masako Motai
Kin Ohta

Fumiyo Kohinata
Yasunari Kawabuchi

Takaya Kamikawa

Shigemitsu Ogi
2006