On her way to Chikura to live with her son, Yasue Amami gets off at the Tateyama train station. She wants to see her old house. The a new owner, Mitsuko Kawahara, intends to demolish the place and replace it with a modern new house. With Mitsuko's permission, Yasue enters her old home. Her family had rented it during World War II to escape air raids over the city, and they stayed on for a few years after the war. As Yasue visits the grounds, memories come flooding back.
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Yoshiko Sembon Director · Motofumi Tomikawa Writer
First release November 25, 2006 · Produced in Japan · Original title 赤い鯨と白い蛇
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Original title
赤い鯨と白い蛇
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Japanese
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Japanese
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Japan · November 25, 2006
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