The Lone Ume Tree (2021)

November. 12,2021

An old house stands amongst newly built buildings, as if it has been left behind. Tamako, a popular fortune teller, has been living there alone with her son, Tadao, for years. Because he has intellectual disability and autism, their neighbors often complain about his unpredictable behaviors. One day, Tamako is informed that a room is available in a group home owned by a company that runs the community workshop Tadao works at. Residents there all have intellectual disability but are living together to be independent from their families. Tamako decides to let Tadao move into the group home, but the sudden change of environment confuses him.

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Cast

Mariko Kaga as

[2010] Soup Opera [1998] Love Letter [1992] Twinkle [1982] Lovers Lost [1981] Kagero-za [1977] A Scream from Nowhere

Muga Tsukaji as

[2021] Snack Scratches [2021] Suicide Forest Village [2020] Deliveries from the Heart –True stories from Mercari– [2020] Sakka Keiji Busujima Shinri [2020] Godzilla's Leading Ladies [2018] Ms. Justice

Ikkei Watanabe as

[2022] Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team [2021] How to be Likable in a Crisis [2021] 志村けんとドリフの大爆笑物語 [2021] In His Chart [2021] Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa [2020] Closet

Reviews

Vashirdfel

2021/11/12

Simply A Masterpiece

Nonureva

2021/11/13

Really Surprised!

Listonixio

2021/11/14

Fresh and Exciting

Nayan Gough

2021/11/15

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.