starring Chocho Miyako and Tomlyuki Kunihiro
A season of seven distinguished foreign television productions begins tonight with an award-winning drama of contemporary Japanese family life.
At a temple where she had gone to pray for her senile husband's sudden and painless death, Hana meets a young man who closely resembles her dead son. An unusual relationship develops between them, which causes Hana to question the traditional Japanese family ties.
Screenplay by JOHAKU NAKAJIMA Produced by MIKI IGAMI for NHK Directed by TAKESHI MATSUO
A Japanese programme with English subtitles