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Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.
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Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.
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Genre:Romance
Written By:Tomomi Tsutsui
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Runtime:155 minutes
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Cast
Teruhiko Kuze
Director
Kyoko Koizumi
Omachi Tsukiko
Akira Emoto
Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Fuyuki Moto
Satoru Nakata
Kosuke Toyohara
Kojima Takashi
Kirin Kiki
Sensei's ex-wife
Midori Kiuchi
Nishino Sensei
Simon Yotsuya
Mitsui Sensei
Edo Yamaguchi
Satoru's cousin
Bengal
Matsumoto Hiroshi
Satsuki Miki
Tsukiko's classmate (Ikue)
Megumi Nishimuta
Tsukiko's classmate (Tamami)
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