Release Date

02 Jul, 2005

Runtime

02:07: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (KISHIBE Ittoku), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.

Original Title

いつか読書する日

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Actors

田中裕子

岸部一徳

仁科亜季子

上田耕一

香川照之

Crew

Motohiro Hatanaka

緒方明

笠松則通

Masatoshi Yokomizo

Shiro Oiwake

Yōsuke Yafune

Hidefumi Hanatani

池辺晋一郎