

Overview
A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a car with a baby strapped inside. She decides to raise the child as her own, and teaches him to shoplift from stores while she works as a prostitute. She strikes up a relationship with a convenience-store clerk, and the two eventually settle down together.
Top Cast

Kazuhiro Sano
Tatsutoshi

Yumeka Sasaki
Mizuki

Yoji Tanaka
Detective

Tarō Suwa
Nakazato

Shirō Shimomoto
Gumyoji
Yukiko Izumi
Haruka

Natsuko Sawada
Yuki
Mariko Naka
Mari in 1999
Mikio Sato
Yoshiki

Yūichi Minato
Tatsutoshi's father

Yohta Kawase
Punk rocker
Mio Nanase
Punk's lover
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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