Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer Junnosuke strive alongside them in postwar Tokyo's evolution.
Production
Meticulous 1958 Tokyo recreation, down to the Asahi beer signs.
Acting
Shinichi Tsutsumi's gruff mechanic with secret soft center.
Cinematography
Golden-hour shitamachi streets that feel like memory itself.
Director
Takashi Yamazaki
Maki Horikita
Mutsuko Hoshino
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Ryunosuke Chagawa
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Norifumi Suzuki
Koyuki
Hiromi Ishizaki
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Tomoe Suzuki
Kazuki Koshimizu
Ippei Suzuki
Kenta Suga
Junnosuke Furuyuki
Masaya Takahashi
Saburo
Toru Masuoka
Theater Manager
Takashi Matsuo
Realtor
Hiroshi Kanbe
Postman
Magi
Butcher
Yoichi Nukumizu
Bicycle Shopkeeper
Pierre Taki
Ice Man
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yamazaki built a 300-meter detailed Tokyo street set—the largest in Japanese film history at that time.
The 'Japanese economic miracle' here feels personal: one family watching their nation outgrow them.
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