This is the story of a man's challenges of raising his niece by himself. Ukyo Yasutake is a single man working in an office. His older sister, who was like a mother to him, dies. He's left to raise his sister's only daughter Chiharu. This comedy-drama depicts with great human depth the journey these two characters take as they gradually develop a real parent/child relationship with the support of friends and the family at the rice shop where Ukyo boards.
Tetsuo Ishidate
Ukyo Yasutake
Kaoru Sugita
Chiharu Hashimoto
This is the story of a man's challenges of raising his niece by himself. Ukyo Yasutake is a single man working in an office. His older sister, who was like a mother to him, dies. He's left to raise his sister's only daughter Chiharu. This comedy-drama depicts with great human depth the journey these two characters take as they gradually develop a real parent/child relationship with the support of friends and the family at the rice shop where Ukyo boards.
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