Movie · 127 min · G · drm, rma
Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (KISHIBE Ittoku), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.
Where to watch The Milkwoman
Available on 6 platforms across 1 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 1 countries, best placed at #993 in Japan.
- Japan #993
Available languages
Audio: Japanese
Chart history
The Milkwoman has spent 1 days in a top 3, 1 days in a top 10 and 5 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #2.
Cast
Yuko Tanaka, Ittoku Kishibe, Akiko Nishina, Koichi Ueda, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ippei Souda, Hazuki Kōzu, Rakuko Tane, Erika Mabuchi, Tatsuo Yamada, Yûrei Yanagi, Sawa Suzuki, Misako Watanabe, Tarō Suwa, Den Fujita, Tetta Sugimoto, Keisuke Horibe, Noriko Eguchi
Crew
Akira Ogata (director), Shiro Oiwake (producer), Motohiro Hatanaka (producer), Kenji Aoki (writer)