Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
46 audience votes
Key crew
- Yoji YamadaDirector
- Yoji YamadaScreenplay
- Emiko HiramatsuScreenplay
- Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Takako MatsuTokiko Hirai
- Haru KurokiTaki Nunomiya
- Satoshi TsumabukiTakeshi
- Chieko BaishoTaki Nunomiya
- Yui NatsukawaYasuko Arai
- Yukijiro HotaruLiquor Store Old Man
- Isao HashizumeElementary School Teacher
- Kazuko YoshiyukiMrs. Konaka
- Takatarô KataokaMasaki Hirai
- Hidetaka YoshiokaShoji Itakura
- Shigeru MuroiSadako
- Takashi SasanoKazuo Hanawa
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