
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.

as Omachi Tsukiko

as Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

as Satoru Nakata

as Kojima Takashi

as Sensei's ex-wife

as Nishino Sensei

as Mitsui Sensei

as Satoru's cousin

as Matsumoto Hiroshi

as Tsukiko's classmate (Ikue)

as Tsukiko's classmate (Tamami)

as Fumiyo Omachi



as Bar owner Sato

as Man with Newspaper

as Mr. Komatsu