Film

Aogeba Tôtoshi

2006 · 1h 22m · Drama

IMDb

7.1

Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also grappling with the issue of mortality as he deals with the impending death of his ailing father, who has decided to spend his final days in the family home. As the story progresses, Koichi finds unexpected solace from his grief by letting his troubled student visit and meet with his father in the hopes that he will understand the meaning of life and death.

Terry Ito

Koichi Minegishi

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Mari Minegishi

Miyoko Asô

Koichi's mother

Hiroto Itô

Yasuhiro Tagami

Takeshi Katō

Koichi's father

Koji Ohkura

Masato Irie

Moeko Ezawa

Takao Handa

Shota Sometani

• Jun IchikawaDirector · Screenplay
• Kiyoshi ShigematsuNovel
• Hisao NabeshimaProducer
• Tatsuhiko KobayashiDirector of Photography
• Taro IwashiroOriginal Music Composer
• Chise SanjoEditor

Release date

January 21, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Drama