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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

Kunie Tanaka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Tomoko Nakajima

Rie Miyazawa

Megumi Yokoyama

Jun Miho

Takeo Chii
Kouichi Iwaki
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Shigemichi Sugita directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
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Fuji Television Network
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