Film

Teacher's suitcase

2003 · 2h 35m · Romance

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.

Kyoko Koizumi

Omachi Tsukiko

Akira Emoto

Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

Fuyuki Moto

Satoru Nakata

Kosuke Toyohara

Kojima Takashi

Kirin Kiki

Sensei's ex-wife

Midori Kiuchi

Nishino Sensei

Simon Yotsuya

Mitsui Sensei

Edo Yamaguchi

Satoru's cousin

Bengal

Matsumoto Hiroshi

Satsuki Miki

Tsukiko's classmate (Ikue)

Megumi Nishimuta

Tsukiko's classmate (Tamami)

Haruka Kato

Fumiyo Omachi

Masafumi Sasaki

Takahashi seiya

Moro Morooka

Bar owner Sato

Naoto Takenaka

Man with Newspaper

• Teruhiko KuzeDirector
• Tomomi TsutsuiWriter

Release date

March 11, 2003

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 35m

Genres

Romance