A film about family life in Osaka. Following the death of their father, three boys struggle to find their own identity with the help of their outgoing mother and weak-willed uncle.
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The people behind it
Keiko Matsuzaka
Fusaka Kubo
Ittoku Kishibe
Takanori Kubo
Naoyuki Morita
Yukio Kuba
Masahiro Hisano
Masashi Kubo
Tomoya Ohtsuka
Hiroki Kubo
Natsuki Kato
Yuga Akashi
Manami Honjo
Aki
Kanpei Hazama
Hisanori Kubo
Kazuko Shirakawa
Yae
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