After the death of his wife, Kenzaburō receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburō travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son's fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.
Cast
Lily Franky
Kenzaburō
Ryo Nishikido
Toshi
Tae Kimura
Akiko
Rin Takanashi
Satsuki
Aoife Hinds
Mary
Ciarán Hinds
John
Yuri Tsunematsu
Young Akiko
Isy Suttie
Olivia - Hen Party
Thomas Coombes
Arthur
Yuki Matsuzaki
Fishmonger
Angus Barnett
Ice Cream Seller
Miki Maya
Akiko's Mother
Dave Simon
Mr. David
Sarah Mayhew
Isobel - Hen Party
Koshi Uehara
Patrick Dickinson
Kano Ichiki
Nurse
Anil Goutam
Train Clerk
Laura Smyth
Jane - hen party
Ken Mitsuishi
Akiko's Father
Elinor Machen-Fortune
May - Hen Party
Takeo Gozu
Neighbour
Jasmine Daoud
Sara - Hen Party
Elliot Hadley
Unknown
Nicholas Peate
Cyclist
Kosei Kudo
Young Kenzaburo
Shinosuke Saito
Unknown
Neal Holdsworth
Cyclist
Crew
Patrick Dickinson
Director, Writer
Mark Wolf
Director of Photography
Gabrielle Tana
Producer
Hélène Théodoly
Producer
Jamie Harvey
Co-Producer
Satch Watanabe
Co-Producer
Matthew Button
Production Design
Kentaro Kosaka
Production Design
Ko Iwagami
Casting Director
Jo Farrugia
Casting Director
Yoko Yamashita
Casting
Stefan Gregory
Original Music Composer
Daniela Faggio
Art Direction
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