Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
as Tokiko Hirai
as Taki Nunomiya
as Takeshi
as Taki Nunomiya
as Yasuko Arai
as Liquor Store Old Man
as Elementary School Teacher
as Mrs. Konaka
as Masaki Hirai
as Masaharu Itakura
as Sadako
as Kazuo Hanawa
as Yuki
as Young Taki
as Mutsuko Matsuoka
as President Yanagi
as Kane
as Hanawa's Aunt
as Young Kyoichi
as Young Kyoichi
as Kyoichi
as Therapist
as Gunji Arai