
The Taste of Tea (2004)
7.5|17 Jul, 2004|143 min
We were all watching the sunset, at the edge of the universe.
7.5|17 Jul, 2004|143 min
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A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Keywords
japan
surreal
family history
relatives
rural area
magic realism
Casts

Maya Suzuno
Sachiko Haruno

Takahiro Sato
Hajime Haruno

Tadanobu Asano
Ayano Haruno

Satomi Tezuka
Yoshiko Haruno

Tatsuya Gashûin
Akira Todoroki

Tomokazu Miura
Nobuo Haruno

Anna Tsuchiya
Aoi Suzuishi

Tomoko Nakajima
Akira Terako
Ikki Todoroki
Self

Kirin Kiki
Obaa
Kaiji Moriyama
Dancer

Ryo Kase
Rokutaro Hamadayama

Kenji Mizuhashi
Maki Hoshino

Hideaki Anno
Kasugabe

Yoshinori Okada
Omiya

Susumu Terajima
Tattooed Man

Shinji Takeda
CM Director

Emi Wakui
Narrator (voice)

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Projectionist

Saki Aibu
Hotaru

Keisuke Horibe
Man in Noodle Shop

Yuka Nomura
Woman in Noodle Shop

Yoji Tanaka
Man of Prosecution Section

Shunichiro Miki
Camera Boy

Machiko Ono
Teacher

Kenichi Matsuyama
Young Man in Red T-Shirt

Issey Takahashi
Chairman of Go Club

Ryu Morioka
Kakinuma

Kotaro Shiga
Teacher Gashi

Yoshiyuki Morishita
Detective Donko
Hiroshi Kuze
Eiko Sakurai
Seiji Tanaka
Taketeru Murata

Daigaku Sekine

Rinko Kikuchi
Waitress At Noodle Shop
Crews

Katsuhito Ishii
Director

Katsuhito Ishii
Writer
Kazutoshi Wadakura
Producer
Kazuto Takida
Producer

Takeshi Koike
Lead Animator
Tempo Little
Original Music Composer
Kosuke Matsushima
Director of Photography
Yuji Tsuzuki
Production Design

Katsuhito Ishii
Editor
Hilo Iizumi
Executive Producer
Ikuko Utsunomiya
Costume Design
Toru Midorikawa
Music Producer
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