Although her mother died when she was ten, Noriko still receives yearly birthday cards from her. Her life gets complicated as she grows older but she still finds comfort in her mother's messages.
Cast
Ai Hashimoto
Noriko
Aoi Miyazaki
Yoshie
Yusuke Santamaria
Soichiro
Kenta Suga
Masao
Aoi Nakamura
Jun Tateishi
Momone Shinokawa
Noriko 9-12 Years-old
Shosuke Tanihara
Shosuke Tanihara
Yoriko Doguchi
Mitsuyo
Tae Kimura
Saori Ishii
Chise Niitsu
Noriko 4 Years-old
Hinano Nakamura
Noriko 13-14 Years-old
Tamae Ando
Yoshie's Former High School Classmate
Daisuke Kuroda
Yoshie's Former High School Classmate
Shin Shimizu
Shimizu
Kei Tanaka
Self
Hiroshi Kobayashi
Taxi Driver
Hina Yukawa
Maho Ishii
Crew
Yasuhiro Yoshida
Director, Screenplay
Masaki Murakami
Editor
Shinya Kimura
Director of Photography
Soichi Satake
Digital Intermediate Colorist
Shinichirou Inoue
Executive Producer
Kazunari Hashiguchi
Producer
Yasuyuki Niino
Line Producer
Yasuko Anjo
Casting
Kazumi Hoshino
Costumer
Misa Koide
Makeup & Hair
Takehiko Watanabe
Sound Recordist
Naoyasu Yutaka
Visual Effects
Shunsuke Kida
Original Music Composer
Tōru Fujita
Decorator
Eiji Oshita
Gaffer
Masashi Nakajima
Production Manager
Yûki Izumi
Digital Intermediate
Kaela Kimura
Theme Song Performance
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