The Milkwoman

The Milkwoman

2005
2h 7m
6.3

6.3/10

7 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (KISHIBE Ittoku), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Amuse Soft Entertainment Paradise Cafe Pug Point Japan
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title いつか読書する日
Release Date July 2, 2005
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0478706

Cast

Yuko Tanaka
Yuko Tanaka

Minako Oba

Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe

Kaita Takanashi

Akiko Nishina
Akiko Nishina

Yoko Takanashi

Koichi Ueda
Koichi Ueda

Masao Minagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa

Manager of Super Market

Ippei Souda
Ippei Souda

Milk Shop Owner

Hazuki Kōzu
Hazuki Kōzu

Nurse Watanabe

Rakuko Tane
Rakuko Tane

Kimiko Ito

Erika Mabuchi
Erika Mabuchi

Mari Yoshida

Tatsuo Yamada
Tatsuo Yamada

Yujiro Kawai

Yûrei Yanagi
Yûrei Yanagi

Manager of Child Guidance Center

Sawa Suzuki
Sawa Suzuki

Chiyo Oba

Key Crew

Akira Ogata
Director
Shiro Oiwake
Producer
Motohiro Hatanaka
Producer
Kenji Aoki
Writer