Teacher's suitcase

Teacher's suitcase — Plot

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.

• Release date
• March 11, 2003
• Runtime
• 155 min
• Genres
• Romance
• Director
• Teruhiko Kuze

Teacher's suitcase — Cast

Kyoko Koizumi Omachi Tsukiko Akira Emoto Sensei/Matsumoto Harutsuna Fuyuki Moto Satoru Nakata Kosuke Toyohara Kojima Takashi Kirin Kiki Sensei's ex-wife Midori Kiuchi Nishino Sensei Simon Yotsuya Mitsui Sensei Edo Yamaguchi Satoru's cousin