About Her Brother
Oôto, feature film, 2010.
DIRECTED BY: Yôji Yamada
CAST:
Yû Aoi (Koharu),
Sayuri Yoshinaga (Ginko),
Tsurube Shofukutei (Tetsuro),
Ryô Kase,
Yuriko Ishida
SCRIPT:
Emiko Hiramatsu,
Yôji Yamada
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Masashi Chikamori
Synopsis:
This family drama deals with topics of responsibility and forgiveness. Ginko and her daughter Koharu as well as her deceased’s husband’s mother successfully runs the family pharmacy. She has a younger brother Tetsuro, but he is the black sheep of the family – a failed musician who only brings trouble. The family gathers at a happy occasion – Koharu’s wedding to a well-off doctor. Tetsuro shows up drunk and makes a scene. After that, Ginko hears about him again when he gets into a new trouble.
35 mm, color, 126 min