The Little House (2014)
Chiisai ouchi
136 min
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.
- Release date
- May 30, 2010
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Takako Matsu as Tokiko Hirai
- Haru Kuroki as Taki Nunomiya - Younger
- Satoshi Tsumabuki as Takeshi
- Chieko Baishō as Taki Nunomiya
- Yui Natsukawa as Yasuko Arai
- Yukijirô Hotaru as Liquor Store Old Man
- Isao Hashizume as Professor Konaka
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Konaka's Wife
- Takatarô Kataoka as Masaki Hirai
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Shoji Itakura
- Shigeru Muroi as Sadako
- Takashi Sasano as Kazuo Hanawa
- Fumino Kimura as Yuki
- Tomoko Nakajima as Chikako Matsuoka
- La Salle Ishii as President Yanagi
- Aki Takejô as Kane
- Yoneko Matsukane as Hanawa's Aunt
- Masakane Yonekura as Kyoichi
- Shôzô Hayashiya as Therapist
- Nenji Kobayashi as Gunji Arai
Crew
- Yōji Yamada · Director
- Kyôko Nakajima · Writer
- Yōji Yamada · Writer
- Emiko Hiramatsu · Writer
- Tadashi Ôsumi · Producer
- Joe Hisaishi · Composer
- Masashi Chikamori · Cinematographer
- Iwao Ishii · Editor