The film delicately portrays a young girl who struggles with the sudden discovery of juvenile breast cancer and her complicated relationship with her mother.
51-year-old Sakurako Sato is a single, poor woman who works for a home care service. When she was young, her father failed in business and evaporated, leaving her with a large debt. She has raised her younger sister, Umeko and has reached this age without a single happy memory of love or fun. In...
Suddenly alone after the death of her husband, a mother seeks refuge with her relatives, who help her to endure the unbearable. In the end, it's always harder for the bereaved than for the dead.
