A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
Cast
Hinako Saeki
Ma-chan
Atsuro Watabe
Iiyo
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Father
Mihoko Shibata
Mother
Masayuki Imai
Arai
Tamaki Ogawa
Weather Forecast
Takao Okamura
Danto
Nobuko Miyamoto
Danto's Wife
Yoshiyuki Omori
Oh-chan
Keita Tsukui
Unknown
Tokie Hidari
Asakura
Tetsu Watanabe
Water Bottle Man
Rie Shibata
Neighbor's Wife
Shinobu Kawamata
Wife
Choei Takahashi
Police Officer
Nobuto Okamoto
Sewage Owner
Noboru Akima
Unknown
Hisako Hara
Grandmother
Mieko Yuki
Fusa
Yûki Hoshino
Unknown
Toshizō Kudō
Unknown
Shigemitsu Ogi
Man Drinking Wine
Satomi Achiwa
Mrs. Kurokawa
Hiroshi Yagyu
Caster
Yoichi Takara
Young Boy in the Novel
Noboru Mitani
Man in the Novel
Mirei Asaoka
Young Girl in the Novel
Crew
Jūzō Itami
Director, Screenplay
Kenzaburô Oe
Novel
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Yonezō Maeda
Director of Photography
Takehiko Nakajima
Assistant Director
Yasushi Tamaoki
Executive Producer
Seigo Hosogoe
Producer
Takashi Kawasaki
Producer
Naoji Kawaguchi
Production Design
Fumio Iwasaki
Costume Design
Etsuko Egawa
Makeup Artist
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects Editor
Osamu Onodera
Sound Recordist
Hikari Oe
Original Music Composer
Naoki Tachikawa
Music Producer
Tatsuo Ozeki
Set Decoration
Kazumi Matsuzawa
Script Supervisor
Shosaku Kato
Gaffer
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