Teacher's suitcase

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.

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

Bengal

Matsumoto Hiroshi

Satsuki Miki

Tsukiko's classmate (Ikue)