THE LITTLE HOUSE

CHIISAI OUCHI

By Yoji YAMADA

SHOCHIKU CO., LTD - as DISTR

Drama - Completed 2014

Yoji YAMADA brings to screen an Award-winning novel ‘The Little House.' This ambitious work depicts a love affair which took place in a little house in Tokyo from the Showa to the Heisei Era (1922-present).

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2014
Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama, Romance
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 136 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Yoji YAMADA
    • Writer(s)
    • Emiko HIRAMATSU, Yoji YAMADA
    • Producer(s)
    • Hiroshi FUKASAWA, Hiroyuki SAITO
    • Synopsis
    • In 1922, Taki from northern Japan comes to Tokyo to work as a maid for a family living in a modern, western-style house in the suburbs of Tokyo. The family consists of the beautiful Madame, Tokiko, her husband Masaki and their little son, Kyoichi. One day they are visited by Itakura, a colleague of Masaki, and Tokiko feels a compelling attraction to him. In 1943 World War II intensifies and Itakura receives his draft card. When the day for his departure arrives, it is all Taki can do to quietly observe her mistress.