Top Cast
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Kenichi Ueya
Naoki Aizawa
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Yuko Haraguchi
Yuko Aizawa
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Jūkichi Uno
Chair (voice)
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Chieko Baisho
Michi Aizawa
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Hisaya Morishige
Riichiro Sugawa
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Hideko Takamine
Kikue Sugawa
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Takashi Yamaguchi
Kenji Oka
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Fudeko Tanaka
Ice shop woman
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Hideo Sunazuka
Truck driver
Overview
Based on a children's book. Two children encounter a wooden chair that moves and speaks. The chair awaits their return, unaware the sister died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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