The Taste of Tea

The Taste of Tea

We were all watching the sunset, at the edge of the universe.

2004 ja 143 minutes

Rating: 7.4

Plot

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

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Cast

Maya Suzuno

Maya Suzuno

Sachiko Haruno

Takahiro Sato

Takahiro Sato

Hajime Haruno

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Ayano Haruno

Satomi Tezuka

Satomi Tezuka

Yoshiko Haruno

Tatsuya Gashûin

Tatsuya Gashûin

Akira Todoroki

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Nobuo Haruno

Anna Tsuchiya

Anna Tsuchiya

Aoi Suzuishi

Tomoko Nakajima

Tomoko Nakajima

Akira Terako

Ikki Todoroki

Ikki Todoroki

Self

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Obaa

Kaiji Moriyama

Kaiji Moriyama

Dancer

Ryo Kase

Ryo Kase

Rokutaro Hamadayama

Kenji Mizuhashi

Kenji Mizuhashi

Maki Hoshino

Hideaki Anno

Hideaki Anno

Kasugabe

Yoshinori Okada

Yoshinori Okada

Omiya

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Tattooed Man

Shinji Takeda

Shinji Takeda

CM Director

Emi Wakui

Emi Wakui

Narrator (voice)

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Projectionist

Saki Aibu

Saki Aibu

Hotaru

Keisuke Horibe

Keisuke Horibe

Man in Noodle Shop

Yuka Nomura

Yuka Nomura

Woman in Noodle Shop

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Man of Prosecution Section

Shunichiro Miki

Shunichiro Miki

Camera Boy

Machiko Ono

Machiko Ono

Teacher

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Young Man in Red T-Shirt

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Chairman of Go Club

Ryu Morioka

Ryu Morioka

Kakinuma

Kotaro Shiga

Kotaro Shiga

Teacher Gashi

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Detective Donko

Hiroshi Kuze

Hiroshi Kuze

Eiko Sakurai

Eiko Sakurai

Seiji Tanaka

Seiji Tanaka

Taketeru Murata

Taketeru Murata

Daigaku Sekine

Daigaku Sekine

Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

Waitress At Noodle Shop

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