Movie: A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

Top 9 Billed Cast

Narumi Yasuda
安田成美

Rentaro Mikuni
三国連太郎

Atsuro Watabe
渡部篤郎

Mitsuko Baisho
倍賞美津子

Sergei Nakariakov
Sergei Nakariakov

Satoshi Hashimoto
橋本さとし

Haruko Mabuchi
馬渕晴子

Yoko Minamino
南野陽子

Kei Yamamoto
山本圭

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    The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their store in Tokyo. There they meet a Russian translator, Nicholai, played by Sergei Nakariakov - a trumpeter from Russia. Some months later after they have returned, Nicholai and Yukiko meet again while he is auditioning for the Tokyo orchestra where seeds of romance begin. Yukiko's father, however, is diagnosed with a terminal case of cancer. Yukiko returns home to be with him in his final months as he decides not to go through therapy and let the disease run its course. Coming into contact with a childhood friend while at home Yukiko is left to choose between her old friend and Nicholai, all while having to face the emotional struggle of dealing with her father's impending death.

  • Release Date

    2001-09-01

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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