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.
as Minako Oba
as Kaita Takanashi
as Yoko Takanashi
as Masao Minagawa
as Manager of Super Market
as Milk Shop Owner
as Nurse Watanabe
as Kimiko Ito
as Mari Yoshida
as Yujiro Kawai
as Manager of Child Guidance Center
as Chiyo Oba
as Toshiko Minagawa
as Gallery Owner
as Old Man at City Office
as Takanashi
