Aiwo Kouhito
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Cast & Crew
Hideyuki Hirayama
Mieko Harada
Kiichi Nakai
Maho Nonami
Fumiyo Kohinata
Mami Kumagaya
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Terue is a single mother living with her daughter Migusa. When Migusa reaches high school age, Terue decides to fulfill a promise she made to herself long ago, and search for the ashes of her father. She hunts everywhere, following up every clue. In the course of her search, she receives a call from her half-brother Takenori, whom she hasn't seen for thirty years. He is now in jail. She visits him and as they talk, memories of their childhood come flooding back.
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Hideyuki Hirayama
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Winner of the international critics prize at the 1998 Montreal World Film Festival.
Released in United States 1998
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 7, 1998.
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 7, 1998.)
