Nemidare gibo: Otto no kaeru maeni... (2003)
It has been a few months since Maki began her life as the second wife of Kan Fukuda—a man significantly older than her. One morning, she sits down for breakfast with her teenage stepson, Hiroshi, but the atmosphere between them has grown strained. The moment Maki takes her seat across from him, Hiroshi abruptly gets up and walks away, clearly wanting nothing to do with her. The root of this tension? Hiroshi has discovered that his father, Kan, has had a mistress since long before he married Maki…
Director: Masanori Kudo
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Mayu Asada as Maki Fukuda |
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Noriko Masaki as Yuko Sawai |
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Yuki as Michiko Nagisa |
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Shirato Katsunori as Hiroshi Fukuda |
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Seiji Nakamitsu as Kan Fukuda |
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Shouzou Sakairi as Mr./Ms. Watanabe |
| Directing | Masanori Kudo | Director |
| Writing | Yūko Kusaka | Writer |
| Production | Teiji Inayama | Line Producer |
| Production | Shunsuke Godai | Producer |
| Camera | Masakazu Sô | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Tomoyuki Noda | Lighting Director |
| Editing | Naoki Kaneko | Editor |
| Directing | Hôjû Takada | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Hatsutarô Satô | Still Photographer |