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The Little House

The Little House

2014 · 136 min · JA · 6.8 (46 votes)
Dir. Yoji Yamada · Starring Takako Matsu, Haru Kuroki, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chieko Baisho, Yui Natsukawa, Yukijiro Hotaru · Music Joe Hisaishi
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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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A quiet, reflective journey through a life lived with deep, unspoken devotion. It feels like sifting through old photographs, each one revealing a poignant, hidden truth about love and sacrifice in post-war Japan.

melancholicnostalgicbittersweetintrospectiveslow-burnperiod dramaslice-of-lifecharacter studymemorysacrificeunrequited loveclass
biographylove
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