While on a work trip, 37-year-old Sakurai meets 19-year-old art student Yoichi in a quiet, charming house—sparking an unexpected connection across generations.
Social & External
The people behind it
Tsurugi Watanabe
Yoichi Mizukawa
Kousei Amano
Kazuaki Sakurai
Yasukaze Motomiya
Kippei Yoshitomi
Akihisa Shiono
Hiroki Fujimoto
Atomu Mizuishi
Takeo Iwasaki
Shingo Koike
Yuito Obara
Minagawa Shota
Yumi Kawase
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Takumi and his six-year-old son, Yuji, haven't come to terms with their wife and mother's death. One day, they meet a woman with an uncanny resemblance to her sheltering from the rain near their home.
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