The ups and downs of life.
The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Writers
- Isao Takahata
Themesanimebased on mangadysfunctional familygrandmotherhaiku
Cast
Hayato Isohata
Noboru Yamada (voice)
Masako Araki
Shige Yamano (voice)
Naomi Uno
Nonoko Yamada (voice)
Toru Masuoka
Takashi Yamada (voice)
Yukiji Asaoka
Matsuko Yamada (voice)
Akiko Yano
Teacher Fujihara (voice)
Kosanji Yanagiya
Haiku Reader (voice)
Tamao Nakamura
Shige's Friend (voice)
Chōchō Miyako
Grandma Kikuchi (voice)
Suguru Egawa
Baseball Commentator on Television (voice)
