is a 2017 Japanese drama/comedy film directed by Masahiro Kobayashi. The film stars

Tatsuya Nakadai is a Japanese film actor. He was featured in 11 films directed by Masaki Kobayashi, including ''The Human Condition'' trilogy, wherein he starred as the lead character Kaji, plus ''Harakiri'', ''Samurai Rebellion'' and ''Kwaidan''. Nakadai wor ...

and, in part, reflects his own life.

Plot

Chokitsu is an 84-year-old actor past his prime, who now finds himself unhappy in a luxury retirement village where he was placed by his daughter and son-in-law after the pair took his money. In an attempt to leave, while in his pajamas, he grabs his possessions and makes for the beach. He intends to regain his lost fame and seek a new audience for his talents. Plagued by dementia, he can barely remember past experiences, at times mixing up the characters he has played with his present life, and has trouble recognizing his family members. Chokitsu eventually encounters his estranged younger daughter Nobuko, but due to dementia he doesn't recognize her. She scolds him as she is his only daughter who cares for him.

Cast

as Chokitsu Kuwabatake *

Haru Kuroki is a Japanese actress. She gained international recognition by winning Silver Bear (Best Actress Award) at Berlin International Film Festival in 2014, for her performance in Yoji Yamada's film ''The Little House ''The Little House'' is a 194 ...

as Nobuko *

Mieko Harada is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She has played various roles in many motion pictures, television shows and television dramas since her debut in 1974. Career Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film ''Ran'', and ...

as Yukiko *

Kaoru Kobayashi Kaoru Kobayashi (小林薫, ''Kobayashi Kaoru'') is a Japanese personal name: * Kaoru Kobayashi (actor) (born 1951), a Japanese actor born in Kyoto * Kaoru Kobayashi (murderer) (19682013), a pedophile who murdered Kaede Ariyama in Nara in 200 ...

* Hiroshi Abe as Yukio

References

External links

* * 2017 films 2010s Japanese-language films 2010s Japanese films Japanese comedy films Films set in Ishikawa Prefecture {{2010s-Japan-film-stub