Rieko Saibara is a cartoonist and mother of a 6-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl. When she has a difficult time, she throws away her problems with laughter. Her husband Kamoshitda used to be a war camera man, but now he's addicted to alcohol. He struggles to overcome his problem, but keeps failing. Finally, they get divorced. After Kamoshida loses his family, he realizes how precious they are. He focuses on getting away from alcohol, but another disease comes to him. Even though Saibara knows that he can not make it for long, she accepts him back to her family again. Since then a happy, but short, time exists for the family of four.
Directing | Shotaro Kobayashi | Director |
Writing | Katsuhiko Manabe | Screenplay |
Art | Tomoyuki Maruo | Art Direction |
Writing | Rieko Saibara | Original Story |
Sound | Yoshikazu Suo | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Mitsugu Shiratori | Sound |
Costume & Make-Up | Takako Hamai | Costume Design |
Editing | Ryuji Miyajima | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Eiko Aoki | Makeup Artist |
Camera | Kōichi Saitō | Director of Photography |