A visit to the employment office, practicing dance steps, making music with friends: several women’s everyday lives are captured in long shots and with a superb sense of place. A film like a summer's day, bright, friendly, with the occasional chill.
Kumi Hyodo
Chizu
Minami Ohba
Sanae
Ai Mikami
Natsu
Guama Uchida
Fumi
Tadashi Okuno
Mr. Takada
Shintaro Yuya
Genya
Mizuho Noshima
Emi
Atsuko Nakazawa
Granny
Yūshō Takiguchi
Man Who Showed Chizu the Way
Shun Satô
Work Counselor
Reiko Takayama
Neighbor
Gate of Flesh
Early Spring
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
The Sea of Trees
Tokyo Noir
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Tokyo Family
I Believe in Unicorns
Gasman
Upon Entry
The Basilisks
The Ladies Get Their Say
Radiance
Babel
Lost in Translation
Nobody Knows
KT
A Brand New Life
Saturn in Opposition
Magnetic Beats