Tokyo Lullaby

Tokyo Lullaby
東京夜曲
Directed by	Jun Ichikawa
Written by	Shinsuke Sato
Starring	Mitsuko Baisho
Release dates	1997
Running time	87 Minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Tokyo Lullaby (東京夜曲) is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa.

Plot

Koichi Hamanaka suddenly returns to the tightly knit community, a shopping district, in a corner of Tokyo that he once called home. His whereabouts and his activities over the past few years are a mystery to everyone, including his parents, and the wife and child he left behind. His wife Hisako is torn between her love for him and her attempt to overcome the pain she suffered when he deserted them. Tami Osawa, Hamanaka's former lover, runs the shop in the neighbourhood. Meanwhile, Asakura, a writer who has taken a liking to Hisako, starts to look into the past to try and find out why Hisako could have married a man like Hamanaka. In doing so, he comes across details from Tami's life. As the past resurfaces and unravels, Koichi, Hisako and Tami's lives are irrevocably affected. ^[1]

Cast

• Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Koichi Hamanaka
• Kaori Momoi as Tami Ohsawa
• Mitsuko Baisho as Hisako Hamanaka
• Satoko Abe as Tomomi Ito
• Kyoko Asagiri as Tami's step mother
• Tokue Hanazawa as Asakura's father
• Koba Hayashi as Hamanaka's father
• Takaya Kamikawa as Sadaji Asakawa
• Reiko Nanao as Hamanaka's mother
• Akira Oizumi as Tomomi's father

Awards and nominations

22nd Hochi Film Award^[2]

• Won: Best Supporting Actress - Mitsuko Baisho

References