![]() ![]() "Poetic" director Shunji Iwai brought a breath of fresh air with Hana and Alice (2004). In the meantime, Japanese romances are making a come back. His still widely acclaimed Classic (2003) had in fact faded somewhat, and not even bringing back Jun Ji-hyun from MSG could save Windstruck (2004). The onslaught however soon ran out of steam, even for works by MSG's director Kwak Jae-young. While at least half a dozen made it big in the Pacific region, the most successful worldwide has to be My Sassy Girl (2001). It was the top selling single of 2005.A few years ago, Korean romances took over the market for the romance genre which had been held uncontested by Japan. Okinawan alternative rock band Orange Range sang the theme song of this movie called Hana. The singers for the theme song, Orange Range, also held a performance of the theme song at the showcase. ![]() It was featured as one of the festival's special screenings. Suzuki Matsuo as the owner of a cake shopīe with You was showcased at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival on 27 October 2004.Mikako Ichikawa as Midori Nagase (永瀬みどり), Takumi's co-worker.Chihiro Otsuka as Mio in high school days.Yuuta Hiraoka as Yuji when he becomes 18 years old.Yosuke Asari as Takumi in his high school days.Akashi Takei as Yuji Aio (秋穂佑司), the 6-year-old son of Mio Aio and Takumi Aio.Mio's diary is inside, and its version of the Mio-Taku romance holds the answers to the mystery. As the rainy season draws to a close, Yuji discovers the "time capsule" he hid with his mother before her death. This new Mio asks Taku how they met and fell in love, and he recounts a tale of years of missed chances, beginning in high school and when she encouraged their marriage some time later. She has no memory or sense of identity she comes home to live with the father and son anyway. ![]() On a walk in the forest outside their house, Takumi and Yuji find a woman sheltered from the rain, and immediately accept her as Mio. Mio had left Yuji a picture book in the book, Mio departs for a celestial body she calls "the Archive Star" but reappears in Japan during the following year's rainy season turning the pages, Yuji eagerly awaits her return. Yuji overhears relatives gossiped that his own difficult delivery compromised Mio's health, and blames himself for his mother's death. Takumi is disorganized in household chores, suffers occasional fainting spells, and fears that his health could not fulfill his dead wife's happiness. Mio Aio's death leaves her husband Takumi and six-year-old son Yuji to eke a living for themselves. ![]()
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