The Milkwoman
いつか読書する日
Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (KISHIBE Ittoku), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.
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Cast
Tatsuo Yamada
as Yujiro Kawai
Tarō Suwa
as Gallery Owner
Akiko Nishina
as Yoko Takanashi
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Manager of Super Market
Erika Mabuchi
as Mari Yoshida
Yûrei Yanagi
as Manager of Child Guidance Center
Koichi Ueda
as Masao Minagawa
Misako Watanabe
as Toshiko Minagawa
Yuko Tanaka
as Minako Oba
Sawa Suzuki
as Chiyo Oba
Ittoku Kishibe
as Kaita Takanashi
Ippei Souda
as Milk Shop Owner
Rakuko Tane
as Kimiko Ito
