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Director:
Katsuhito Ishii
Writer:
Katsuhito Ishii (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
20 April 2005 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office... more | add synopsis
Awards:
13 wins more
User Comments:
absurd humor and poetry - don't miss it! more (24 total)

Cast

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Maya Banno ... Sachiko Haruno - daughter
Takahiro Sato ... Hajime Haruno - son
Tadanobu Asano ... Ayano Haruno - uncle
Satomi Tezuka ... Yoshiko Haruno - mother
Tatsuya Gashuin ... Akira Todoroki - grandpa
Tomoko Nakajima ... Akira Terako
Ikki Todoroki ... Himself
Tomokazu Miura ... Nobuo Haruno - father
Anna Tsuchiya ... Aoi Suzuishi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Saki Aibu ... Hotaru
Hideaki Anno ... Kasugabe
Keisuke Horibe ... Man in Noodle Shop
Ryo Kase ... Rokutaro Hamadayama
Rinko Kikuchi (as Yuriko Kikuchi)
Kirin Kin ... Grandma
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi ... Projectionist
Ken'ichi Matsuyama ... Young Man in Red T-Shirt
Shunichiro Miki
Kenji Mizuhashi ... Maki Hoshino
Ryû Morioka
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Kaiji Moriyama ... Dancer
Yûka Nomura ... Woman in Noodle Shop
Yoshinori Okada ... Omiya
Machiko Ono ... CM Teacher
Daigaku Sekine ... Detective
Kotaro Shiga
Issei Takahashi ... Chairman of Go Club
Shinji Takeda ... CM Director
Seiji Tanaka ... CM Director
Yôji Tanaka
Susumu Terajima ... Tattooed Man
Emi Wakui ... Narrator (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Taste of Tea (International: English title)
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Runtime:
143 min | France:143 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Argentina:143 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
Grasshoppa more

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absurd humor and poetry - don't miss it!, 5 July 2004
Author: foutiroir from switzerland

Really fantastic! Ishii offers us a great moment of dream, with humor, absurdity and poetry. Some kind of Non Identified Movie that you quite don't see any more. Everything is built around a little girl getting exhausted by her giant imaginary double. She has a manga-designer mother, a reserved father, a fist-in-love brother, a nut grandfather and a mysterious uncle. This delirious and particular family will follow its path through more than two hours of slow poetry, giving the audience a wonderful time. Don't miss it if you have any chance of watching it, you'll be dreaming in a theater!

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