The Taste of Tea

Synopsis

A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

Trailer

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Cast

Maya Suzuno

Sachiko Haruno

Takahiro Sato

Hajime Haruno

Tadanobu Asano

Ayano Haruno

Satomi Tezuka

Yoshiko Haruno

Tatsuya Gashuin

Akira Todoroki

Tomokazu Miura

Nobuo Haruno

Anna Tsuchiya

Aoi Suzuishi

Tomoko Nakajima

Akira Terako

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Ikki Todoroki

Self

Kirin Kiki

Obaa

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Kaiji Moriyama

Dancer

Ryo Kase

Rokutaro Hamadayama

Kenji Mizuhashi

Maki Hoshino

Hideaki Anno

Kasugabe

Yoshinori Okada

Omiya

Susumu Terajima

Tattooed Man

Shinji Takeda

CM Director

Emi Wakui

Narrator (voice)

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Projectionist

Saki Aibu

Hotaru

Crew

Art

• Yuji Tsuzuki Production Design

Camera

• Kosuke Matsushima Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Ikuko Utsunomiya Costume Design

Directing

• Katsuhito Ishii Director

Editing

• Katsuhito Ishii Editor

Production

• Kazuto Takida Producer
• Kazutoshi Wadakura Producer
• Hilo Iizumi Executive Producer

Sound

• Tempo Little Original Music Composer
• Toru Midorikawa Music Producer

Visual Effects

• Takeshi Koike Lead Animator

Writing

• Katsuhito Ishii Writer