The Taste of Tea

2h 23m

Comedy Drama Fantasy

7.4

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

Cast

Maya Suzuno

Sachiko Haruno

Takahiro Sato

Hajime Haruno

Tadanobu Asano

Ayano Haruno

Satomi Tezuka

Yoshiko Haruno

Tatsuya Gashûin

Akira Todoroki

Tomokazu Miura

Nobuo Haruno

Anna Tsuchiya

Aoi Suzuishi

Tomoko Nakajima

Akira Terako

Ikki Todoroki

Self

Kirin Kiki

Obaa

Kaiji Moriyama

Dancer

Ryo Kase

Rokutaro Hamadayama

Kenji Mizuhashi

Maki Hoshino

Hideaki Anno

Kasugabe

Yoshinori Okada

Omiya

Susumu Terajima

Tattooed Man

Shinji Takeda

CM Director

Emi Wakui

Narrator (voice)

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Projectionist

Saki Aibu

Hotaru

Keisuke Horibe

Man in Noodle Shop

Yuka Nomura

Woman in Noodle Shop

Yoji Tanaka

Man of Prosecution Section

Shunichiro Miki

Camera Boy

Machiko Ono

Teacher

Kenichi Matsuyama

Young Man in Red T-Shirt

Issey Takahashi

Chairman of Go Club

Ryu Morioka

Kakinuma

Kotaro Shiga

Teacher Gashi

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Detective Donko

Hiroshi Kuze

Unknown

Eiko Sakurai

Unknown

Seiji Tanaka

Unknown

Taketeru Murata

Unknown

Daigaku Sekine

Unknown

Rinko Kikuchi

Waitress At Noodle Shop

Crew

Katsuhito Ishii

Director, Writer, Editor

Kosuke Matsushima

Director of Photography

Hilo Iizumi

Executive Producer

Kazuto Takida

Producer

Kazutoshi Wadakura

Producer

Yuji Tsuzuki

Production Design

Ikuko Utsunomiya

Costume Design

Tempo Little

Original Music Composer

Toru Midorikawa

Music Producer

Takeshi Koike

Lead Animator