Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka, as she lives as a mother and wife in Osaka.
Anne Watanabe
Meiko Uno
Masahiro Higashide
Nishikado Yutaro
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Shizu Nishikado
Taizo Harada
Daigo Uno
Naomi Zaizen
Iku Uno
Mitsuki Takahata
Noriko Nishikado
Hana Toyoshima
Meiko Uno (as child)
Masato Wada
Izumi Genta
Midoriko Kimura
Kazue Nishikado
Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka, as she lives as a mother and wife in Osaka.
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