Movie·2004·2h 23m
The Taste of Tea
We were all watching the sunset, at the edge of the universe.
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 茶の味
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Producer
Kazuto Takida, Kazutoshi Wadakura
Cinematography
Kosuke Matsushima
Music
Tempo Little
Editor
Katsuhito Ishii
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Maya Suzuno
Sachiko Haruno
Takahiro Sato
Hajime Haruno
Tadanobu Asano
Ayano Haruno
Satomi Tezuka
Yoshiko Haruno
Tatsuya Gashûin
Akira Todoroki
Tomokazu Miura
Nobuo Haruno
Anna Tsuchiya
Aoi Suzuishi
Tomoko Nakajima
Akira Terako
Ikki Todoroki
Self
Kirin Kiki
Obaa
Kaiji Moriyama
Dancer
Ryo Kase
Rokutaro Hamadayama
Kenji Mizuhashi
Maki Hoshino
Hideaki Anno
Kasugabe
Yoshinori Okada
Omiya
Susumu Terajima
Tattooed Man
Shinji Takeda
CM Director
Emi Wakui
Narrator (voice)
// crew
Crew
Kazuto Takida
Producer
Katsuhito Ishii
Writer, Director, Editor
Kazutoshi Wadakura
Producer
Kosuke Matsushima
Director of Photography
Tempo Little
Original Music Composer
Hilo Iizumi
Executive Producer
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