Teacher's suitcase
Directed by Teruhiko Kuze
Plot
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.
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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
Satsuki Miki
Tsukiko's classmate (Ikue)
Megumi Nishimuta
Tsukiko's classmate (Tamami)
Haruka Kato
Fumiyo Omachi
Masafumi Sasaki
Takahashi seiya
Moro Morooka
Bar owner Sato