Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky (2007)

7.0/10 120 min Drama

Overview

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

Eikichi / Denzo

Miki Nakatani

Ofumi

Baijaku Nakamura

Hirataya

Masanobu Katsumura

Kajiro

Shigeru Izumiya

Genji

Kazue Tsunogae

Omitsu

Renji Ishibashi

Seibe

Shima Iwashita

Oshino

Kouhei Takeda

Eitaro

Yoshihiko Hosoda

Goro

Miyu Yagyu

Okimi

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