The Taste of Tea (2004)
A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Directed by: Katsuhito Ishii
Top Billed Cast: Maya Suzuno, Takahiro Sato, Tadanobu Asano
Runtime: 143 minutes
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Maya Suzuno
Sachiko Haruno
Takahiro Sato
Hajime Haruno
Tadanobu Asano
Ayano Haruno
Satomi Tezuka
Yoshiko Haruno
Tatsuya Gashuin
Akira Todoroki
Tomokazu Miura
Nobuo Haruno
Anna Tsuchiya
Aoi Suzuishi
Tomoko Nakajima
Akira Terako
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Ikki Todoroki
Self
Kirin Kiki
Obaa
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Kaiji Moriyama
Dancer
Ryo Kase
Rokutaro Hamadayama
Kenji Mizuhashi
Maki Hoshino
Hideaki Anno
Kasugabe
Yoshinori Okada
Omiya
Susumu Terajima
Tattooed Man
Shinji Takeda
CM Director
Emi Wakui
Narrator (voice)
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Projectionist
Saki Aibu
Hotaru
Keisuke Horibe
Man in Noodle Shop
Yuka Nomura
Woman in Noodle Shop
Yoji Tanaka
Man of Prosecution Section
Shunichiro Miki
Camera Boy
Machiko Ono
Teacher
Kenichi Matsuyama
Young Man in Red T-Shirt
Issey Takahashi
Chairman of Go Club
Ryu Morioka
Kakinuma
Kotaro Shiga
Teacher Gashi
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Detective Donko
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Hiroshi Kuze
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Eiko Sakurai
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Seiji Tanaka
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Taketeru Murata
Daigaku Sekine
Rinko Kikuchi
Waitress At Noodle Shop
