It's 1982, and Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her family in the countryside, where she begins to reconnect to forgotten longings. In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
Does it pass the test?
Maybe…
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- Content Rating (US)
- PG
- Language
- Japanese
- Producer
- Toshio Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Tokuma
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Writer
- Isao Takahata
- Cast
- Miki Imai, Toshirō Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Iizuka, Masahiro Itou, Chie Kitagawa, Yuuki Masuda, Yuki Minowa, Michie Terada, Yorie Yamashita, Ichiro Nagai, Yoshimasa Kondo, Issey Takahashi
- Created
- Mar 26, 2025
