Movie
The Little House
Overview
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-01-25
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TV Asahi, Sumitomo Corporation, Shochiku, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Eisei Gekijo, Nippan Group Holdings, PIA Corporation, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Tokyo FM, Hakuhodo, GYAO, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting, Shochiku Tokyo Studio
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Takako Matsu as Tokiko Hirai
- Haru Kuroki as Taki Nunomiya
- Satoshi Tsumabuki as Takeshi
- Chieko Baisho as Taki Nunomiya
- Yui Natsukawa as Yasuko Arai
- Yukijiro Hotaru as Liquor Store Old Man
- Isao Hashizume as Elementary School Teacher
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Mrs. Konaka
- Takatarô Kataoka as Masaki Hirai
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Shoji Itakura
- Shigeru Muroi as Sadako
- Takashi Sasano as Kazuo Hanawa
Crew
- Yoji Yamada - Director
- Yoji Yamada - Screenplay
- Emiko Hiramatsu - Screenplay
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