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Romance
Directed by: Shinichiro Sawai
Overview
A man of 56 has a chance encounter with a 48 year old woman whom he had briefly known 20 years before. She was widowed at an early age and became a teacher of ikebana. Both enjoyed the companionship they found in each other and gradually develped a deeper relationship. This story of love in late middle age enjoyed much popularity in Japan as a novel and as a film