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6.5
A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.
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Cast
28 people
Koichi Sato
Hiroshi Nirasaki
Known for
Sukiyaki Western Django
The Spiral
Yuki Saito
Mizuho
Known for
Inuyashiki
Scarlet
Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Shinji Sōmai
Nozomi Enoki
Masahiko Murakami
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sasaichi
Known for
Tampopo
Kagemusha
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Mutsuo Naganuma
Fumihiro Nakajima
Shiho Fujimura
Mizuho's Mother
Known for
Return of Giant Majin
Zatoichi on the Road
Takashi Yajima
Shinji Sōmai Director · Takehiro Nakajima Screenplay Masahiko Murakami Story
United States release October 1, 1999 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku
Production
Eisei Gekijo
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
あ、春
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 19, 1998
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1999
Chicago International Film Festival
Germany
February 16, 1999 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
August 18, 2024 · Premiere · Summer International Film Festival
Hungary
May 6, 2005 · Premiere · Japanese Film Week
Russia
April 9, 2013 · Limited theatrical · Screening of Japanese films in State Museum of the East (Moscow)
Singapore
October 8, 2000 · Premiere · Japanese Film Festival
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