Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own behavior has taken on his increasingly distant family and resolve his own long-simmering resentments. Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Koji Yakusho, Kirin Kiki, Aoi Miyazaki, Kaho Minami, Midoriko Kimura, Mimura
Crew: Masato Harada (Director), Masato Harada (Screenplay), Yasushi Inoue (Novel), Setsuko Yoshino (Makeup Department Head), Shinsuke Higuchi (Line Producer), Hidemitsu Yamazaki (Art Direction)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shochiku
Runtime: 119 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 28, 2012
IMDb: 4.4