Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
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- Runtime
- 120 mins
A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the two ancient capitals including the favored taste of tofu itself, they eventually marry and become the owner of a tofu shop on a more respectable street. Behind the rock-solid business of Kyo-ya, their son, Eitaro bears the brunt of other tofu shops' animosity toward Kyo-ya's refusal to comply with Edo's way of running business and starts to frequent a gambling hall run by the mysterious "Boss", which throws the family into a critical situation that threaten to pull them apart...
A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the two ancient capitals including the favored taste of tofu itself, they eventually marry and become the owner of a tofu shop on a more respectable street. Behind the rock-solid business of Kyo-ya, their son, Eitaro bears the brunt of other tofu shops' animosity toward Kyo-ya's refusal to comply with Edo's way of running business and starts to frequent a gambling hall run by the mysterious "Boss", which throws the family into a critical situation that threaten to pull them apart...
Cast
- Seiyo Uchino
- Miki Nakatani
- Baijaku Nakamura
- Masanobu Katsumura
- Shigeru Izumiya
- Kazue Tsunogae
- Renji Ishibashi
- Shima Iwashita
- Kouhei Takeda
- Yoshihiko Hosoda
- Miyu Yagyu
Director
- Masaki Hamamoto
Producers
- Miwa Ishiguro
- Masao Nagai
Screenwriter
- Masaki Hamamoto
- Masahiro Shinoda