The Little House (2014)
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
Director:
Yoji Yamada
Writers:
Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu.
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Takako Matsu as Tokiko Hirai |
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Haru Kuroki as Taki Nunomiya |
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Satoshi Tsumabuki as Takeshi |
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Chieko Baisho as Taki Nunomiya |
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Yui Natsukawa as Yasuko Arai |
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Yukijiro Hotaru as Liquor Store Old Man |
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Isao Hashizume as Elementary School Teacher |
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Mrs. Konaka |
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Takatarô Kataoka as Masaki Hirai |
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Hidetaka Yoshioka as Shoji Itakura |
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Shigeru Muroi as Sadako |
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Takashi Sasano as Kazuo Hanawa |
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Fumino Kimura as Yuki |
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Haru Kuroki as Young Taki |
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Tomoko Nakajima as Mutsuko Matsuoka |
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LaSalle Ishii as President Yanagi |
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Aki Takejo as Kane |
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Yoneko Matsukane as Hanawa's Aunt |
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Satoshi Akiyama as Young Kyoichi |
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Fukutarô Ichikawa as Young Kyoichi |
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Masakane Yonekura as Kyoichi |
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Hayashiya Shōzō IX as Therapist |
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Nenji Kobayashi as Gunji Arai |
| Directing | Yoji Yamada | Director |
| Writing | Yoji Yamada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Emiko Hiramatsu | Screenplay |
| Production | Hiroyuki Saitô | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuo Matsuda | Costume Design |
| Production | Tadashi Ohsumi | Producer |
| Production | Junichi Sakomoto | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hitoshi Iwata | Line Producer |
| Art | Yukio Yuzawa | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Iwao Ishii | Editor |
| Production | Hiroshi Fukazawa | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Masashi Chikamori | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tomohiko Saito | Line Producer |
| Writing | Kyōko Nakajima | Original Story |
| Lighting | Koichi Watanabe | Gaffer |
| Sound | Kazumi Kishida | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Mitsuo Degawa | Production Design |
| Art | Daisuke Sue | Production Design |