The read
A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from TMDB 7/10. It runs long at 2h 35m.
Synopsis
Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.
Ratings
TMDB7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Tomomi TsutsuiWriter
- Teruhiko KuzeDirector
Cast
- Kyoko KoizumiOmachi Tsukiko
- Akira EmotoSensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
- Fuyuki MotoSatoru Nakata
- Kosuke ToyoharaKojima Takashi
- Kirin KikiSensei's ex-wife
- Midori KiuchiNishino Sensei
- Simon YotsuyaMitsui Sensei
- Edo YamaguchiSatoru's cousin
- BengalMatsumoto Hiroshi
- Satsuki MikiTsukiko's classmate (Ikue)
- Megumi NishimutaTsukiko's classmate (Tamami)
- Haruka KatoFumiyo Omachi
