The Little House

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2 Profile
3 Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
4 Notes
5 Cast
6 Trailers
7 Image Gallery
8 Film Festivals
9 Awards
10 Comments

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Movie: The Little House (English & literal title)
Romaji: Chiisai Ouchi
Japanese: 小さいおうち
Director: Yoji Yamada
Writer: Kyoko Nakajima (novel), Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu
Producer: Hiroshi Fukazawa, Hiroyuki Saito
Cinematographer: Masashi Chikamori
Release Date: January 25, 2014
Runtime: 136 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Award Winning
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Takeshi finds several notebooks by his late aunt Taki Nunomiya, who never married. Through the notebooks Takeshi learns of his aunt's life.

Prior to World War II, in a little house with a red triangular roof in Tokyo, Taki works as a housemaid. The family that lives in the little house consists of 3 members: the husband who works at a toy company, his beautiful wife Tokiko and their five year old son Kyoichi. Taki longs for her employer Tokiko. The husband then hires a young art school graduate named Shoji Itakura. Tokiko and Taki are both excited by the man's artistic talents. Meanwhile, the war situation deteriorates as well as the relationships in the little house.

Notes

Based on novel "Chiisai Ouchi" by Kyoko Nakajima (published May, 2010 by Bungeishunjū Ltd.). Novel is the 2010 winner of the Naoki Prize.
Movie is the first romance film directed by Yoji Yamada in his 50 year career.
Filming takes place March 1 - May 31, 2013.

Cast



Takako Matsu	Haru Kuroki	Takataro Kataoka	Hidetaka Yoshioka	Satoshi Tsumabuki
Tokiko Hirai	Taki Nunomiya	Masaki Hirai	Masaharu Itakura	Takeshi Arai



Chieko Baisho	Isao Hashizume	Shigeru Muroi	Shozo Hayashiya	Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Taki Nunomiya (old)	Teacher Konaka	Sadako	therapist	Teacher Konaka's wife



Tomoko Nakajima	Lasalle Ishii	Aki Takejo	Nenji Kobayashi	Fumino Kimura
Chikako Matsuoka	Company President Yanagi	Kane	Gunji Arai	Yuki



Takashi Sasano	Yui Natsukawa	Masakane Yonekura	Yukijiro Hotaru	Yoneko Matsukane
Kazuo Hanawa	Yasuko Arai	Kyoichi Hirai	bar owner	Hanawa's aunt



Fukutaro Ichikawa	Satoshi Akiyama
Kyoichi Hirai (young)	Kyoichi Hirai (child)

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Film Festivals

2014 (64th) Berlin International Film Festival - February 6-16, 2014 - Competition *International Premiere

Awards

2015 (38th) Japan Academy Prize - February 27, 2015
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Haru Kuroki)

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