Hiyokko Week

Description

The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely changes when her father does not come back for the New Year. Mineko asks her family to let her go to Tokyo to find him and promises to send money home. In the autumn of 1964, she and two childhood friends Tokiko and Mitsuo are hired to start working at a small factory in Tokyo’s working class neighborhood. After work each day, Mineko searches for her father and gets disheartened at times. Mineko overcomes challenges and starts to lay down roots in Tokyo as she experiences many meetings and farewells amid the laughter and tears with regulars, people of the shopping street, friends, and colleagues. But will she be able to find her father?

Country: Japanese

Status: completed

Released: 2017

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Friendship, Historical, life, Romance, Youth

Cast: Arimura Kasumi, Asaka Kodai, Fujino Ryoko, Furutachi Yutaro, Furuya Ikko, Hada Michiko, Hara Fukiko, Ikuta Tomoko, Inowaki Kai, Isomura Hayato, Ito Sairi, Izumi Chinu, Izumisawa Yuuki, Kanno Miho, Kimura Yoshino, Kojima Fujiko, Kubo Akira, Kureshiro Kumi, Matsumoto Honoka, Matsuo Satoru, Mineta Kazunobu, Mitsuishi Ken, Miyaji Masako, Miyake Yuji, Miyamoto Nobuko, Mizuta Kouki, Nakano Hideki, Niina Motohiro, Okayama Amane, Onoue Hiroyuki, Oomizu Yousuke, Orakio, Osamura Koki, Ryusei Ryo, Saito Satoru, Sakuma Yui, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Sato Hitomi, Sawamura Ikki, Shibata Rie, Shibuya Kento, Shimazaki Haruka, Shiraishi Miho, Shishido Kavka, Suwa Taro, Takahashi Rai, Takeuchi Ryoma, Toyama Toshiya, Tsuda Kanji, Wakui Emi, Yagi Yuki, Yamasaki Shizuyo, Yatsui Ichiro