The Taste of Tea (2004)
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Director: Katsuhito Ishii
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Maya Suzuno as Sachiko Haruno |
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Takahiro Sato as Hajime Haruno |
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Tadanobu Asano as Ayano Haruno |
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Satomi Tezuka as Yoshiko Haruno |
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Tatsuya Gashûin as Akira Todoroki |
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Tomokazu Miura as Nobuo Haruno |
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Anna Tsuchiya as Aoi Suzuishi |
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Tomoko Nakajima as Akira Terako |
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Ikki Todoroki as Self |
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Kirin Kiki as Obaa |
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Kaiji Moriyama as Dancer |
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Ryo Kase as Rokutaro Hamadayama |
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Kenji Mizuhashi as Maki Hoshino |
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Hideaki Anno as Kasugabe |
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Yoshinori Okada as Omiya |
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Susumu Terajima as Tattooed Man |
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Shinji Takeda as CM Director |
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Emi Wakui as Narrator (voice) |
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Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Projectionist |
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Saki Aibu as Hotaru |
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Keisuke Horibe as Man in Noodle Shop |
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Yuka Nomura as Woman in Noodle Shop |
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Yoji Tanaka as Man of Prosecution Section |
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Shunichiro Miki as Camera Boy |
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Machiko Ono as Teacher |
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Kenichi Matsuyama as Young Man in Red T-Shirt |
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Issey Takahashi as Chairman of Go Club |
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Ryu Morioka as Kakinuma |
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Kotaro Shiga as Teacher Gashi |
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Yoshiyuki Morishita as Detective Donko |
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Hiroshi Kuze as |
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Eiko Sakurai as |
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Seiji Tanaka as |
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Taketeru Murata as |
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Daigaku Sekine as |
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Rinko Kikuchi as Waitress At Noodle Shop |
| Production | Kazuto Takida | Producer |
| Writing | Katsuhito Ishii | Writer |
| Directing | Katsuhito Ishii | Director |
| Production | Kazutoshi Wadakura | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Koike | Lead Animator |
| Editing | Katsuhito Ishii | Editor |
| Camera | Kosuke Matsushima | Director of Photography |
| Art | Yuji Tsuzuki | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ikuko Utsunomiya | Costume Design |
| Sound | Tempo Little | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Hilo Iizumi | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Toru Midorikawa | Music Producer |
