A Tender Place

A Tender Place

201 mins | Drama, Mystery | July 14, 2001

Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she plans to abandon them to be with Ishiyama. The next morning, her daughter Yuka disappears, which throws Kasumi's life into turmoil. Years later, Yuka remains missing, and Kasumi journeys back to Hokkaido with Utsumi, a terminally-ill former detective, and tries to follow any leads she can.

A Tender Place

201 mins | Drama, Mystery | July 14, 2001

A Tender Place
Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she plans to abandon them to be with Ishiyama. The next morning, her daughter Yuka disappears, which throws Kasumi's life into turmoil. Years later, Yuka remains missing, and Kasumi journeys back to Hokkaido with Utsumi, a terminally-ill former detective, and tries to follow any leads she can.
Producers Office Shirous
Original title 柔らかな頬
Directors Shunichi Nagasaki
Writers Natsuo Kirino, Shunichi Nagasaki

Cast

Yuki Amami

as Kasumi Moriwake

Shunsuke Matsuoka

as Jun-ichi Utsumi

Tomokazu Miura

as Yohei Ishiyama

Kumi Nakamura

as Noriko Ishiyama

Ikkei Watanabe

as Michihiro Moriwake

Minori Terada

as Kasumi's father

Michiko Hayashi

as Kasumi's mother

Hideo Murota

as Masayoshi Izumi

Moeko Ezawa

as Tsutae Izumi

Taro Suwa

as Mizushima

Sabu Kawahara

as Asanuma

Kaori Mizushima

as Kumiko Utsumi