A sweet and surprisingly unconventional look at the changing definition of family in contemporary Japan. Asako (Reiko Kataoka) is a deeply unhappy dental technician with little to show for her life other than one suicide attempt, two abortions, a stint in a psychiatric hospital and numerous bouts of depression. Asako's future looks equally grim, until the rainy afternoon in a Tokyo noodle bar when she overhears closeted gay engineer Katsuhiro (Seiichi Tanabe) and his new boyfriend, out-and-proud dog groomer Naoya (Kazuya Takahashi), discussing Katsuhiro's desire to one day have a child. Asako is struck by their apparent happiness and impulsively decides that the key ...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
135 mins