Close-Knit

Close-Knit

Karera ga honki de amu toki wa,
🎞️ Movie 127 min JP
โ˜… 7.2 /10 2017

A new kind of household.

One spring Hiromi, who is the mother of an 11-year-old girl Tomo, left home for the umpteenth time. Tomo is accustomed to such a mother and as always went to Makio's place. He is a brother of Hiromi and has lived with Rinko, a pretty girlfriend. Actually, Rinko is a transwoman. She works as a caregiver in a nursing home where Makio's mother Sayuri who suffers from dementia is living. Rinko makes a delicious meal and sometimes cuddles Tomo. She is a little confused, but Tomo, Rinko and Makio start to live a life together. One day Rinko teaches Tomo to knit to control her temper. Rinko was also taught by her mother at the age of puberty when she struggled with her sexuality. A daughter neglected by her mother. A gentle uncle and his transgender lover. An angsty boy who recognizes a sense of himself as a gay - A warm 'knitting' reorganizes unconventional family.

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Screenplay

Cast

Tôma Ikuta
Tôma Ikuta
Rinko
Eiko Koike
Eiko Koike
Naomi
Noriko Eguchi
Noriko Eguchi
Kanai
Kenta Kiritani
Kenta Kiritani
Makio
Mugi Kadowaki
Mugi Kadowaki
Yuka
Rie Mimura
Rie Mimura
Hiromi
Misako Tanaka
Misako Tanaka
Fumiko
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Shûji Kashiwabara
Yoshio
๐Ÿ‘ค
Lily
Sayuri
๐Ÿ‘ค
Tôru Shinagawa
Saito

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