Teacher's suitcase

Overview

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.

Directed by Teruhiko Kuze

Top cast

Kyoko Koizumi

Omachi Tsukiko

Akira Emoto

Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna

Fuyuki Moto

Satoru Nakata

Kosuke Toyohara

Kojima Takashi

Kirin Kiki

Sensei's ex-wife

Midori Kiuchi

Nishino Sensei

Simon Yotsuya

Mitsui Sensei

Edo Yamaguchi

Satoru's cousin

Bengal

Matsumoto Hiroshi

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Satsuki Miki

Tsukiko's classmate (Ikue)

M

Megumi Nishimuta

Tsukiko's classmate (Tamami)

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Haruka Kato

Fumiyo Omachi

M

Masafumi Sasaki

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Takahashi seiya

Moro Morooka

Bar owner Sato

Naoto Takenaka

Man with Newspaper

Yoshikazu Ebisu

Mr. Komatsu

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