A Madder Red
A Madder Red

Movie·2021·2h 24m

A Madder Red

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 茜色に焼かれる

7 years ago, Yoichi died in a traffic accident. His wife Ryoko did not receive compensation from her husband's death. She has since raised her son Junpei by herself. Junpei is now a middle school student. Ryoko also cares for her father-in-law, who lives in a nursing home and she also runs a cafe. Her care is in a difficult situation due to Covid-19, while Junpei experiences bullying at school.

Producer

Riki Takeuchi, Masahiro Handa

Cinematography

Yoichi Kamakari

Music

Takehiro Kono

Editor

Yuya Ishii

Themes

terminal illnesspovertysingle motherdignitymother daughter relationship

Production House

The Asahi Shimbun
RIKI PROJECT

Audience Score

72%

14 votes

Skip9%
Timepass21%
Go for it38%
Perfection32%

Where to watch

Region: JP

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// cast

Cast

Machiko Ono

Machiko Ono

Ryoko Tanaka

Iori Wada

Iori Wada

Junpei Tanaka

Yuki Katayama

Yuki Katayama

Kei

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Yoichi Tanaka

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Nakamura

Hirota Otsuka

Hirota Otsuka

Kumaki Naoki

Tateto Serizawa

Tateto Serizawa

Taki

Aki Maeda

Aki Maeda

Sachiko

Hideyuki Kasahara

Hideyuki Kasahara

Saiki

Shingo Tsurumi

Shingo Tsurumi

Arishima Ko

Kyusaku Shimada

Kyusaku Shimada

Narihara

Yuki Izumisawa

Yuki Izumisawa

Teacher

Koji Tokuda

Manager

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Crew

Yuya Ishii

Yuya Ishii

Screenplay, Director, Editor

Riki Takeuchi

Riki Takeuchi

Producer

Masahiro Handa

Executive Producer

Masaya Okazaki

Editor

Takuro Nagai

Producer

Yuka Jimbo

Producer

Yoichi Kamakari

Director of Photography

Takehiro Kono

Original Music Composer

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