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Japanese film directed by Naomi Kawase. It won the Grand Prix at the

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. It tells the story of a nurse (played by Machiko Ono) who is grieving for her dead child. She works at a nursing home and grows close to an elderly man (Shigeki Uda), suffering from dementia, who is searching in the local forest for something connected to his dead wife that he cannot explain.

Plot

Elder Shigeki lives in a retirement home where he is lovingly cared for by Nurse Machiko, who is grieving the loss of a child. After celebrating Shigeki's birthday, the two take a trip to the countryside. The man, followed by Machiko, goes into the forest and, after two days of walking made difficult by the dense vegetation, they reach the place where Shigeki's wife is buried. Machiko learns that the man has been writing to his wife for 33 years, and is now preparing to write her the last letter.

Awards

** Awarded as "Grand Prix"

Cast

Yōichirō Saitō Yōichirō, Yoichiro, Youichirou or Yohichiroh is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yōichirō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: The characters used for "ichiro" (一郎) literally me ...

- Machiko's husband *

Kanako Masuda Kanako is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings *, "addition, (means nothing on its own), child" *, "fragrance, (means nothing on its own), child" *, "good, fine, etc., south, child" *, "fragrance, vegetables, child" *, "acceptable, so ...

- Mako * Machiko Ono - Machiko *

Shigeki Uda Shigeki (written: 茂樹, 茂喜, 茂輝, 繁樹, 重喜 or 成樹) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese model and actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese golfer *, Japa ...

- Shigeki *

Makiko Watanabe is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films since 1996. Awards Watanabe was given the award for best script at the 1999 Mainichi Film Awards for '' M/Other'' with director Nobuhiro Suwa and co-star Tomokazu Miura is a Japan ...

- Wakako

References

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* 2007 films 2000s Japanese-language films Films directed by Naomi Kawase 2007 drama films Japanese drama films Cannes Grand Prix winners 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub