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Overview
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.
Cast
Takako Matsu
Tokiko Hirai
Haru Kuroki
Taki Nunomiya
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Takeshi
Chieko Baisho
Taki Nunomiya
Yui Natsukawa
Yasuko Arai
Yukijiro Hotaru
Liquor Store Old Man
Isao Hashizume
Elementary School Teacher
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Mrs. Konaka
Takatarô Kataoka
Masaki Hirai
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Shoji Itakura
Shigeru Muroi
Sadako
Takashi Sasano
Kazuo Hanawa
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