

A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.
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Cast

Hidetaka Yoshioka
Ryunosuke Chagawa

Maki Horikita
Mutsuko Hoshino

Shinichi Tsutsumi
Norifumi Suzuki

Kazuki Koshimizu
Ippei Suzuki

Koyuki
Hiromi Ishizaki

Tomokazu Miura
Dr. Takuma

Hiroko Yakushimaru
Tomoe Suzuki

Kenta Suga
Junnosuke Furuyuki

Masako Motai
Kin Ohta

Fumiyo Kohinata
Yasunari Kawabuchi

Takaya Kamikawa

Shigemitsu Ogi
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