is a 2003 Japanese film directed by

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. At the 27th Japan Academy Prize it won three awards and received ten other nominations. The film is a remake of the TV mini series Ashura no Gotoku on

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Synopsis

The film follows four sisters who discover that their elderly father is having an affair. When a letter is published in the newspaper detailing the affair, they try to hide it from their mother, while suspecting each other of having written it.

Cast

Shinobu Otake is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for '' Railroad Man'', and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress ('' The Incident'') and Best Supporting Actress (''Seishoku no ishibumi''). She also w ...

Eri Fukatsu is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Haru'' and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in ''Villain''. She also received acclaim for her r ...

Kaoru Yachigusa was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957 she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. After leaving the Revue, she was active in film, television, and narration. She famously quit part way through the filming of the televi ...

* Shidou Nakamura

Awards and nominations

27th Japan Academy Prize. *Won:

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*Won: Best Screenplay -

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*Won: Best Actress in a Supporting Role -

*Nominated: Best Picture *Nominated:

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*Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role -

*Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Shidou Nakamura *Nominated: Best Music -

Michiru Oshima Michiru (満, みちる, ミチル) is a Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, 1970s J-Pop artist *, Japanese composer *, Japanese pop singer and songwriter *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese anime scriptwriter *, Japane ...

*Nominated: Best Cinematography -

Nobuyasu Kita Nobuyasu (written: 信康, 信寧, 伸康) is a masculine Japanese given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, ...

*Nominated: Best Lighting Direction -

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*Nominated: Best Art Direction -

Hidemitsu Yamasaki Hidemitsu (written: 秀満 or 英光) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese general *, Japanese writer {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...

*Nominated: Best Sound Recording -

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*Nominated: Best Film Editing -

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References

External links

* 2003 films Films directed by Yoshimitsu Morita 2000s Japanese-language films Films scored by Michiru Ōshima 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub