is a drama written by Masataka Matsuda. Later, a movie version, directed by Kazuo Kuroki

Kazuo Kuroki

-Filmography:* Silence Has No Wings * Preparation for the Festival * Yūgure made * The Bridge of Tears * Tomorrow * Pickpocket * The Face of Jizo * The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko...

 and starring Tomoyo Harada

Tomoyo Harada

Tomoyo Harada is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 80's. She was cast in numerous films and TV-series since her beginning in 1982 in the leading role of the original TV-series Sailorfuku to kikanju...

 and Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, in Japan for his role as TV's Mike Hama .He has won two Japanese Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer in 1992...

, was released in Japan on August 12, 2006. It is a posthumous work of Kuroki.

Plot

In Kagoshima, in the final days of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, an offer of marriage comes to Etsuko Kamiya, who lives with her brother and his wife. The offer comes from Nagayo, but Etsuko is attracted to his friend, Akashi.

Cast

• Etsuko Kamiya - Tomoyo Harada
  Tomoyo Harada
  Tomoyo Harada is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 80's. She was cast in numerous films and TV-series since her beginning in 1982 in the leading role of the original TV-series Sailorfuku to kikanju...
  
  
• Ensign Nagayo - Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, in Japan for his role as TV's Mike Hama .He has won two Japanese Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer in 1992...
  
  
• Ensign Akashi - Shunsuke Matsuoka
• Fusa Kamiya - Manami Honjo
• Yasutada Kamiya - Kaoru Kobayashi

Awards

• 31st Hochi Movie Award - Special Prize
• 61st Mainichi Film Award - Cinematographic Award (Koichi Kawakami)
• 21st Takasaki Film Festival - Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Manami Honjo)
• Kinema Junpo
  Kinema Junpo
  , commonly called , is a Japanese film magazine which began publication in July 1919. The magazine was founded by a group of four students, including Saburō Tanaka, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology . In that first month, it was published three times on days with a "1" in them. These first three...
  
  Japanese Movie Best 10 in 2006 - 4th Place
• Japanese Film Pen Club in 2006 - 2nd Place in Japanese films