A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humble way of life.

Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Ryunosuke Chagawa

Shinichi Tsutsumi
as Norifumi Suzuki

Koyuki
as Hiromi Ishizaki

Maki Horikita
as Mutsuko Hoshino

Hiroko Yakushimaru
as Tomoe Suzuki

Tomokazu Miura
as Dr. Takuma

Masako Motai
as Kin Ohta

Fumiyo Kohinata
as Yasunari Kawabuchi

Kenta Suga
as Junnosuke Furuyuki

Kazuki Koshimizu
as Ippei Suzuki