Your dad's secret love child just moved in. Christmas just got awkward.
Nanako is an ordinary high school girl who lives with her mother, who is a taxi driver. One day, suddenly she has a younger brother - Nanao, the son of her late father's mistress. While Nanao's mother is being put in jail, Nanako's mother decides to take care of him. Nanako doesn't like it at all. Everything Nanao does irritates her. Shortly afterwards, Nanako's mother becomes very sick. In fact, she doesn't have much time left. Since she is in hospital, Nanako is forced to live with Nanao alone...
Acting
Yu Aoi's simmering resentment is masterclass.
Direction
Nishitani lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Shinichi Nishitani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rare 2000s Japanese drama exploring illegitimate children stigma, a taboo topic rarely addressed in family cinema.
Yuri Chinen was only 9 during filming; his natural awkwardness with Yu Aoi was genuine first-meet chemistry.
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