The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic92/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
211 audience votes
Key crew
- Chen Ming-changOriginal Music Composer
- Hirokazu Kore-edaDirector
- Yoshihisa OgitaScreenplay
Cast
- Makiko EsumiYumiko
- Tadanobu AsanoIkuo
- Takashi NaitoTamio
- Midori KiuchiMichiko
- Akira EmotoYoshihiro
- Mutsuko SakuraTomeno
- Hidekazu AkaiMaster
- Hiromi IchidaHatsuko
- Minori TeradaDetective
- Ren OsugiHiroshi
- Kikuko HashimotoKiyo
- Sayaka YoshinoYoung Yumiko
Stills
Themes
suicidebased on novel or bookarranged marriagemelancholybereavementseaside town