Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and simply refuses to grow up. Ever since her father left the family, she's stopped trusting people, and now lounges around in her own small, claustrophobic world. Wearing an iron helmet whenever she steps outside, she ventures only to her mom's beauty salon, the mechanic shop, and the bakery - the source of her greatest joy in life, sweet buns. Her world is static, insular, and safe, and there's no need to change - that is until her cat runs away, the bakery closes, and her mom falls in love with another man.
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Cast
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Maiko Yamada
Tamako
Known for
Sky High
Kayoko Kishimoto
Tamako's mother
Known for
Fireworks
Kikujiro
Lee Bong-ou
Kaze Shindo
Also in
Cop Festival: New Beginning
Naoto Takenaka
Tamako's father
Known for
Shinjuku Incident
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Suguru Matsuzawa
Also in
GATE24: The Border
RoOT - Route of OddTaxi -
Yoshiaki Yoza
Known for
Summer Time Machine Blues
Mickey Curtis
Known for
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Fires on the Plain
Léona Hirota
Known for
Adrift in Tokyo
Kami Hiraiwa
Known for
An Incurable Case of Love
On-Gaku: Our Sound
Yutaka Matsushige
Known for
Death Note
Unnatural
Toshie Negishi
Known for
When Marnie Was There
Dreams
Kaze Shindo Director · Kenichiro Isoda Composer Yasushi Sasakibara Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $4.5K · First release February 4, 2006 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,516
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
転がれ!たま子
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 4, 2006
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
March 20, 2008
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