Teacher's suitcase
センセイの鞄 (Sensei no Kaban)
Release: 2003-03-11
·Runtime: 155m
·★ 7.0
Romance
Tsukiko 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.
Production Countries
Japan
Cast
Edo Yamaguchi
as Satoru's cousin
Yoshikazu Ebisu
as Mr. Komatsu
Fuyuki Moto
as Satoru Nakata
Kirin Kiki
as Sensei's ex-wife
Bengal
as Matsumoto Hiroshi
Moro Morooka
as Bar owner Sato
Naoto Takenaka
as Man with Newspaper
Kyoko Koizumi
as Omachi Tsukiko
Akira Emoto
as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna
Midori Kiuchi
as Nishino Sensei
Simon Yotsuya
as Mitsui Sensei
Kosuke Toyohara
as Kojima Takashi
