Late winter viewing, part two
A mixed bag of recently viewed disks, from an obscure, poetic black-an-white drama to a garishly perverse piece of Greek exploitation, with some gialli and Japanese sci-fi animation thrown […]
Review: The Little House (2014)
Director: Yoji Yamada
Cast: Takako Matsu, Haru Kuroki, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chieko Baisho, Yui Natsukawa,
Takako Matsu
Haru Kuroki
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Chieko Baisho
Yui Natsukawa
Plot: 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.
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