Hibi (2005)
Hibi tells about mother who does pottery and lives rather simple life, growing her children up. She does remarkable job in pottery, finding a new way to make natural pottery in her own tunnel kiln. Then, her son gets leukemia. And entire family has to fight hard to find a donor who has matching bone marrow.
Director:
Banmei Takahashi
Writer:
Banmei Takahashi
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Yuko Tanaka as Kiyoko Koyama |
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Shunsuke Kubozuka as Kenichi Koyama |
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Eri Ishida as |
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Ittoku Kishibe as |
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Chizuru Ikewaki as |
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Asuka Kurosawa as |
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Kyooko Tooyama as |
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Rei Yoshii as |
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Ken Ishiguro as |
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ShirÅ Shimomoto as |
| Directing | Banmei Takahashi | Director |
| Writing | Banmei Takahashi | Screenplay |
| Crew | Naoki Kayano | Cinematography |
| Sound | Shigeru Umebayashi | Music |
| Editing | Jun'ichi Kikuchi | Editor |
| Writing | Etsuko Kishikawa | Book |
| Writing | Minoru Nasuda | Book |