Having been born [into] an old business establishment in downtown Tokyo, Gosho was familiar with the disappearing lifestyle of these crowded areas and the film shows his understanding and customary attention to small details of everyday life. The story, centered on a law student who makes a young waitress pregnant and then doesn't know what to do with the child, has several calculated plot twists and a splendid central setting--the tea room/restaurant--where Gosho wittily follows his characters.

Starring:

Chôko Iida, Fumiko Okamura, Jun Arai, Kenji Oyama, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Reikô Tani, Reikichi Kawamura, Ryotaro Mizushima, Setsuko Shinobu, Shin Saburi, Shin Tokudaiji, Shoichi Nodera, Shozaburo Abe, Takeshi Sakamoto, Tokuji Kobayashi

Genre:

Drama, Japanese