The Taste of Tea
2004A 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.
Acted in
Maya Suzuno
as Sachiko Haruno
Takahiro Sato
as Hajime Haruno
Tadanobu Asano
as Ayano Haruno
Satomi Tezuka
as Yoshiko Haruno
Tatsuya Gashûin
as Akira Todoroki
Tomokazu Miura
as Nobuo Haruno
Anna Tsuchiya
as Aoi Suzuishi
Tomoko Nakajima
as Akira Terako
Ikki Todoroki
as Self
Kirin Kiki
as Obaa
Kaiji Moriyama
as Dancer
Ryo Kase
as Rokutaro Hamadayama
Kenji Mizuhashi
as Maki Hoshino
Hideaki Anno
as Kasugabe
Yoshinori Okada
as Omiya
Susumu Terajima
as Tattooed Man
Shinji Takeda
as CM Director
Emi Wakui
as Narrator (voice)
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
as Projectionist
Saki Aibu
as Hotaru
Keisuke Horibe
as Man in Noodle Shop
Yuka Nomura
as Woman in Noodle Shop
Yoji Tanaka
as Man of Prosecution Section
Shunichiro Miki
as Camera Boy
Machiko Ono
as Teacher
Kenichi Matsuyama
as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
Issey Takahashi
as Chairman of Go Club
Ryu Morioka
as Kakinuma
Kotaro Shiga
as Teacher Gashi
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as Detective Donko
Hiroshi Kuze
Eiko Sakurai
Seiji Tanaka
Taketeru Murata
Daigaku Sekine
Rinko Kikuchi
as Waitress At Noodle Shop