The taste of tea

Label

The taste of tea

Statement of responsibility

Viz Media ; VIZ Pictures presents a film by Katsuhito Ishii ; produced by Kazuto Takida, Kazutoshi Wadakura ; written, directed and edited by Katsuhito Ishii. VIZ Pictures producer, Seiji Horibuchi

Contributor

• Sato, Takahiro.
• Wadakura, Kazutoshi.
• Miura, Tomokazu.
• Tsuchiya, Anna.
• Tezuka, Satomi.
• Nakajima, Tomoko.
• Horibuchi, Seiji.
• Banno, Maya.
• Ishii, Katsuhito, 1966-
• Asano, Tadanobu.
• Takida, Kazuto.
• Gasyuin, Tatsuya.

Subject

• Family -- Japan -- Fiction.
• Old age -- Japan -- Fiction.
• Feature films.
• Girls -- Japan -- Fiction.
• Conflict of generations -- Japan -- Fiction.
• Foreign films -- Japan.
• Motion pictures, Japanese.
• Teenage boys -- Japan -- Fiction.

Genre

• Feature films.
• Fiction.
• Foreign films

Language

jpn

Summary

The Harunos are a rather unconventional, but happy and loving family. Eight-year-old Sachiko is bothered by her own giant-sized double, who hangs around sitting on buildings staring at her. Her older brother, Hajime, privately wrestles with raging hormones and a love-struck crush on a pretty new classmate. Mom struggles to come out of retirement as an animator and Dad is a professional hypnotist who occasionally plies his trade on his own family. Throw in 2 uncles and an eccentric grandfather and there is a unique blend of a family tackling the universal themes of time, family and life

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Kosuke Matsushima ; animation, Takeshi Koike ; music, Little Tempo ; costume designer, Ikuko Utsunomiya ; production designer, Yuji Tsuzuko

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

14A

Language note

Includes audio tracks in Japanese with subtitles in English

PerformerNote

Maya Banno, Takahiro Sato, Tadanobu Asano, Satomi Tezuka, Tatsuya Gasyuin, Anna Tsuchiya, Tomoko Nakajima, Tomokazu Miura

Runtime

143

Target audience

general

Technique

live action