The Taste of Tea
(2004)
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The Taste of Tea
(2004)
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Maya Banno | ... |
Sachiko Haruno - daughter
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Takahiro Sato | ... |
Hajime Haruno - son
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| Tadanobu Asano | ... |
Ayano Haruno - uncle
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Satomi Tezuka | ... |
Yoshiko Haruno - mother
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Tatsuya Gashûin | ... |
Akira Todoroki - grandpa
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Tomoko Nakajima | ... |
Akira Terako
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Ikki Todoroki | ... |
Himself
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Tomokazu Miura | ... |
Nobuo Haruno - father
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Anna Tsuchiya | ... |
Aoi Suzuishi
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Saki Aibu | ... |
Hotaru
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Hideaki Anno | ... |
Kasugabe
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Keisuke Horibe | ... |
Man in Noodle Shop
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| Ryo Kase | ... |
Rokutaro Hamadayama
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| Rinko Kikuchi | ... |
(as Yuriko Kikuchi)
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Kirin Kin | ... |
Grandma
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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, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Uncle Ayano has recently arrived, looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo for several years. Meanwhile, Yoshiko's daughter Sachiko is mainly concerned with why she seems to be followed around everywhere by a giant version of herself. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
A truly beautiful film full of wonderful imagery and comic moments that made the almost 2 and a half hours fly past. It really needs to be seen in a cinema where you can totally integrate yourself in the atmosphere and you feel like a fly on the wall, watching the family and their situations without interrupting their flow. Visually nature plays a huge role, not just the human side of it (which is simple and uncomplicated) but the countryside, the river, the wind, the cherry blossoms, the rain etc etc. It really is beautifully filmed and the characters are all very touching, very funny and very normal really (except perhaps the psychedelic singing uncle),in their own quirky little ways. There isn't a real story line, we just follow the family over a seemingly short period of time. Some moments in the film may seem relevant and some may not, but they all do seem to fit in somewhere along the way and they are all such a pleasure to watch. I came out of the cinema feeling as though my karma was on a high and I still do.