A Story Written with Water

Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.

Cast

Yasunori Irikawa

as Shizuo Matsutani

Mariko Okada

as Shizuka Matsutani

Ruriko Asaoka

as Yumiko Hashimoto

Isao Yamagata

as Denzo Hashimoto

Keiko Yumi

as Geisha

Masakazu Kuwayama

as Yamazaki

Shin Kishida

as Takao Matsutani

Takao Nakamura

as Murata

Aiko Masuda

as Mitsue Hashimoto

Kimiko Kayo

as Misako Yamatani

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