Hamaguchi wrote and directed this film as a graduation project for the students at ENBU Seminar (film and theater school in Tokyo) when he taught there. It is a three-part film: The first part is a documentary-style production of a play; Then the actual full stage production of the play; and the epilogue. Poetry and written words play the central role in the movie.
as Reiko
as Ryouhei / Mamoru Noguchi
as Kunio Miki
as Ito Bun / Kayoko Kanamori
as Akira Nishijima / Noboru Komiyama
as Hidenori Watanabe / Clerk 2
as Urara Tezuka / Yukie Noguchi
as Taro Nakamura / Shinnosuke Tada
as Akiko Katori / Etsuko Shiomi
as Kensuke Hayashi / Clerk 1