
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.

as Tokiko Hirai

as Taki Nunomiya

as Takeshi

as Taki Nunomiya

as Yasuko Arai

as Liquor Store Old Man

as Elementary School Teacher

as Mrs. Konaka

as Masaki Hirai

as Shoji Itakura

as Sadako

as Kazuo Hanawa

as Yuki

as Young Taki

as Mutsuko Matsuoka

as President Yanagi

as Kane

as Hanawa's Aunt

as Young Kyoichi

as Young Kyoichi

as Kyoichi

as Therapist

as Gunji Arai