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A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.
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A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Ryota Kosawa, Takashi Yamazaki
In Theaters:
Box Office:$46,790,160
Runtime:146 minutes
Studio:dentsu Music and Entertainment, IMAGICA, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Robot Communications, Shogakukan, TOHO, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Shirogumi, IMAGICA GROUP, VAP, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System
Cast
Takashi Yamazaki
Director
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Ryunosuke Chagawa
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Norifumi Suzuki
Koyuki
Hiromi Ishizaki
Maki Horikita
Mutsuko Hoshino
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Tomoe Suzuki
Tomokazu Miura
Dr. Takuma
Masako Motai
Kin Ohta
Fumiyo Kohinata
Yasunari Kawabuchi
Kenta Suga
Junnosuke Furuyuki
Kazuki Koshimizu
Ippei Suzuki
Takaya Kamikawa
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