Completed - JAPANESE - Drama, Romance - 136 minutes
Yoji YAMADA brings to screen an Award-winning novel ‘The Little House.' This ambitious work depicts a love affair which took place in a little house in Tokyo from the Showa to the Heisei Era (1922-present).
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Yoji YAMADA Writer(s) : Emiko HIRAMATSU, Yoji YAMADA Cast : Chieko BAISHO, Haru KUROKI, Hidetaka YOSHIOKA, Kotaro KATAOKA, Satoshi TSUMABUKI, Takako MATSU Producer(s) : Hiroshi FUKASAWA, Hiroyuki SAITO
In 1922, Taki from northern Japan comes to Tokyo to work as a maid for a family living in a modern, western-style house in the suburbs of Tokyo. The family consists of the beautiful Madame, Tokiko, her husband Masaki and their little son, Kyoichi. One day they are visited by Itakura, a colleague of Masaki, and Tokiko feels a compelling attraction to him. In 1943 World War II intensifies and Itakura receives his draft card. When the day for his departure arrives, it is all Taki can do to quietly observe her mistress.
Country(ies) : JAPAN
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