"While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy."
Miki Nakatani
as Matsuko Kawajiri
Eita Nagayama
as Sho Kawajiri
Yûsuke Iseya
as Yoichi Ryu
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Norio Kawajiri
Mikako Ichikawa
as Kumi Kawajiri
Asuka Kurosawa
as Megumi Sawamura
Akira Emoto
as Tsunehiro Kawajiri
Gori
as Shuji Okura
Ko Shibasaki
as Asuka
Kankuro Kudo
as Tetsuya Yamekawa
Shinji Takeda
as Onodera
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
as Kenji Shimazu
Gekidan Hitori
as Takeo Okano
Magi
as Detective
Shosuke Tanihara
as Shunji Saeki
Cunning Takeyama
as Vice-Principal
Masahiro Koumoto
as Man with Stand on School Trip
Takuzô Kadono
as Principal
Nagisa Katahira
as Self
Mari Hamada
as Norio's Wife
Tetsu Watanabe
Yorie Yamashita
as Prisoner 2
Anna Tsuchiya
as Prisoner 3
Hanako Yamada
as Prisoner 4
Yôko Hoshi
as
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Sakichi Sato
Houka Kinoshita
as Resident
Sora Aoi
as Girl Being Discovered by Talent Scout
Yoji Tanaka
as TV Actor
Kaera Kimura
as singer
Bonnie Pink
as Ayano
Kayoko Okubo
as Okano's wife
Yoshiaki Miyagi
as Shou Kawajiri (child)
Natsuki Kasa
as Kumi (child)
Nana Shimoda
as chorus member
Junko Emoto
Noriko Eguchi
Kyūsaku Shimada
Risa Ai
Aki Takejo
Moe Miura
Atsushi Yanaka
Masayoshi Haneda
Maiko Asano
Tetsuya Nakashima
Director
Screenplay
Muneki Yamada
Novel
Yukiko Nagasaka
Script
Shinji Tsuchiya
Visual Effects Producer
Gabriele Roberto
Original Music Composer
Makoto Morita
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Akihiko Okase
Sound Effects
Jun'ichi Shima
Sound
Tadao Tasai
Masahide Yanagawase
Visual Effects Supervisor
Daisuke Nagae
CG Artist
Taro Kimura
Gaffer
Yûji Ishida
Producer
Hidemi Satani
Keita Kodama
Executive Producer
Yasuhiro Mase
Yutaka Suzuki
Associate Producer
Takeshi Shibuya
Music
Yoshiyuki Koike
Editor
Sawako Ohzu
Casting
Towako Kuwashima
Production Design
Shouichi Atou
Director of Photography
土屋真治