Introducation

An ideal cast rallies around the compelling script
television and commercials as a dashing leading man. In this film, Kore-eda has cast him as the awkward Ryota and Abe relishes the part of the bumbling younger brother.
The legendary screen and stage actress, KIKI Kirin, plays the mother, Toshiko. She seamlessly inhabits the role of a typical housewife who has served her husband and children, the very soul of her family, her acid tongue barely concealing her deeply loving heart. She has weathered the ups and downs of with her demanding husband for decades along with the storms of grief when she lost her firstborn… Her riveting performance condenses the lifetime of a woman into the mundane events unfolding over the course of 24 hours.