Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
Cast
Takako Matsu
Tokiko Hirai
Haru Kuroki
Taki Nunomiya, Young Taki
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Takeshi
Chieko Baisho
Taki Nunomiya
Yui Natsukawa
Yasuko Arai
Yukijiro Hotaru
Liquor Store Old Man
Isao Hashizume
Elementary School Teacher
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Mrs. Konaka
Takatarô Kataoka
Masaki Hirai
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Shoji Itakura
Shigeru Muroi
Sadako
Takashi Sasano
Kazuo Hanawa
Fumino Kimura
Yuki
Tomoko Nakajima
Mutsuko Matsuoka
LaSalle Ishii
President Yanagi
Aki Takejo
Kane
Yoneko Matsukane
Hanawa's Aunt
Satoshi Akiyama
Young Kyoichi
Fukutarô Ichikawa
Young Kyoichi
Masakane Yonekura
Kyoichi
Hayashiya Shōzō IX
Therapist
Nenji Kobayashi
Gunji Arai
Crew
Yoji Yamada
Director, Screenplay
Emiko Hiramatsu
Screenplay
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Masashi Chikamori
Director of Photography
Junichi Sakomoto
Executive Producer
Tadashi Ohsumi
Producer
Hiroyuki Saitô
Associate Producer
Hiroshi Fukazawa
Associate Producer
Tomohiko Saito
Line Producer
Hitoshi Iwata
Line Producer
Mitsuo Degawa
Production Design
Daisuke Sue
Production Design
Kazuo Matsuda
Costume Design
Kazumi Kishida
Sound Recordist
Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
Yukio Yuzawa
Set Decoration
Koichi Watanabe
Gaffer
Kyōko Nakajima
Original Story
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