The Milkwoman

The Milkwoman

68% Match20052h 7m

Drama

Overview

Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (KISHIBE Ittoku), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.

Dawn of the Felines
Mothra vs. Godzilla
The Naked Island
Throne of Blood
Ikiru
Battle Royale
Shall We Dance?
Zatoichi on the Road
Memoirs of a Murderer
Terror of Mechagodzilla
ICHI
New Tale of Zatoichi
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Harakiri
Ugetsu
The Taste of Tea
The Anthem of the Heart
Spark
Shing Shing Shing
A Scene at the Sea