Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.
A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.
Keiji Sada
Ryoichi Morita
Yoshiko Kuga
Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
Hideko Takamine
Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
Akira Ishihama
Noboru, Ryoichi's brother
Minoru Ōki
Shun-don
Toshiko Kobayashi
Hisako, Shinkichi's sister
Masami Taura
Mr. Mitsui, Noboru's friend
Kumeko Urabe
Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
Chieko Nakakita
Natsuko
A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.
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