Red Whale, White Snake

(2006)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 19 votes

Year: 2006

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Yoshiko Sembon

Cast: 浅田美代子, 坂野真理, 香川京子, 樹木希林, 宮地真緒

Plot

On her way to Chikura to live with her son, Yasue Amami gets off at the Tateyama train station. She wants to see her old house. The a new owner, Mitsuko Kawahara, intends to demolish the place and replace it with a modern new house. With Mitsuko's permission, Yasue enters her old home. Her family had rented it during World War II to escape air raids over the city, and they stayed on for a few years after the war. As Yasue visits the grounds, memories come flooding back.