Teacher's suitcase
2003Tsukiko 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.
Acted in
Kyoko Koizumi
as Omachi Tsukiko
Akira Emoto
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Fuyuki Moto
as Satoru Nakata
Kosuke Toyohara
as Kojima Takashi
Kirin Kiki
as Sensei's ex-wife
Midori Kiuchi
as Nishino Sensei
Simon Yotsuya
as Mitsui Sensei
Edo Yamaguchi
as Satoru's cousin
Bengal
as Matsumoto Hiroshi
Satsuki Miki
as Tsukiko's classmate (Ikue)
Megumi Nishimuta
as Tsukiko's classmate (Tamami)
Haruka Kato
as Fumiyo Omachi
Masafumi Sasaki
Takahashi seiya
Moro Morooka
as Bar owner Sato
Naoto Takenaka
as Man with Newspaper
Yoshikazu Ebisu
as Mr. Komatsu