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The Ripples (2002)

10.01h 52mDrama
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Synopsis

Inako Natsui is a quiet, modern girl working in a laboratory and living a closed and somewhat monotonous life in a small town. From time to time she goes to nearby to visit her lonely mother Wakayama who has been a widow for the past seventeen years. The girl's relatives, particularly Aunt Sadako and Uncle Shuhei, the local mayor's deputy, plan to introduce her to a suitable young man, but Inako has no real desire to get married. She is more interested in the hot mineral springs from where she takes her laboratory specimens. This all changes when she meets Mr Tamamiza, a young divorced man who's been left with a little boy. Her relatives are decidedly against the match. The girl falls in love with the man without realizing that she will encounter a painful conflict between her family and providence, as unexpectedly as the spring which gushes out from the geological fold, driven to the surface by mysterious subterranean forces.

Movie Information

Director
Naoki Nagao
Writers
Naoki Nagao
Release Year
2002
Runtime
112 minutes
Genre
Drama
Language
JA
Country
Japan
Status
Released
Rating
10.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Top Cast

Miako Tadano — cast portrait as Natsui Inako
Miako Tadano
Natsui Inako
Etsushi Toyokawa — cast portrait as Tamamizu Tatsuo
Etsushi Toyokawa
Tamamizu Tatsuo
Keiko Matsuzaka — cast portrait as Natsui Sumie
Keiko Matsuzaka
Natsui Sumie
Ittoku Kishibe — cast portrait as Dr. Obana
Ittoku Kishibe
Dr. Obana
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Mayumi Tenkô
Mimasu Sadako

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Inako Natsui is a quiet, modern girl working in a laboratory and living a closed and somewhat monotonous life in a small town. From time to time she goes to nearby to visit her lonely mother Wakayama who has been a widow for the past seventeen years. The girl's relatives, particularly Aunt Sadako and Uncle Shuhei, the local mayor's deputy, plan to introduce her to a suitable young man, but Inako has no real desire to get married. She is more interested in the hot mineral springs from where she takes her laboratory specimens. This all changes when she meets Mr Tamamiza, a young divorced man who's been left with a little boy. Her relatives are decidedly against the match. The girl falls in love with the man without realizing that she will encounter a painful conflict between her family and providence, as unexpectedly as the spring which gushes out from the geological fold, driven to the surface by mysterious subterranean forces.

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