Movie·2001·3h 21m
A Tender Place
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 柔らかな頬
Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she plans to abandon them to be with Ishiyama. The next morning, her daughter Yuka disappears, which throws Kasumi's life into turmoil. Years later, Yuka remains missing, and Kasumi journeys back to Hokkaido with Utsumi, a terminally-ill former detective, and tries to follow any leads she can.
Producer
Miyuki Sato, Shiro Sasaki
Cinematography
Shigeru Honda
Editor
Shunichi Nagasaki
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
7 votes
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// cast
Cast
Yuki Amami
Kasumi Moriwake
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Jun-ichi Utsumi
Tomokazu Miura
Yohei Ishiyama
Kumi Nakamura
Noriko Ishiyama
Ikkei Watanabe
Michihiro Moriwake
Minori Terada
Kasumi's father
Michiko Hayashi
Kasumi's mother
Hideo Murota
Masayoshi Izumi
Moeko Ezawa
Tsutae Izumi
Tarō Suwa
Mizushima
Sabu Kawahara
Asanuma
Kaori Mizushima
Kumiko Utsumi
Miako Tadano
Takashi Sasano
Masahiro Toda
Officer Wakita
// crew
Crew
Shunichi Nagasaki
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Akinori Mishima
Editor
Miyuki Sato
Producer
Shigeru Honda
Director of Photography
Shiro Sasaki
Producer
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