Yuko Takeuchi, Shido Nakamura

Mio's death leaves husband Takumi and 6 year old son Yuji fending for themselves. Taku occasionally suffers fainting spells, is disorganized, and fears that his health hindered Mio's happiness. Yuji o...( read more  read more... )verheard relatives speculate that his delivery compromised her health, and he blames himself for her death. Mio left him a picture book in which she departs for "The Archive Star" but re-appears during the rainy season the following year, and he eagerly awaits her return. Taking a walk in the forest outside their house, Taku and Yuji find a woman sheltering from the rain and immediately accept her as Mio. She has no memory or sense of identity, but comes home to live with them anyway. She asks Taku how they met and fell in love, and he recounts a tale of years of missed chances starting in high school until she encouraged their marriage years later. As the rainy season nears its end, Yuji finds the "time capsule" he hid with his mother before her death. Mio's diary is inside, and its version of the romance holds the answers to the mystery.

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Directed by: Nobuhiro Doi

Release Date: January 1, 2004

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  • April 21, 2009
    film yang keren banget banget banget banget!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    nyesel kalo ga pernah nonton!!
  • February 27, 2009
    this is the best romance movie i ever watched. great acting, as if watching those people through hiddden camera, eve though bad ending, bad it also show yuo how to let things go. u wouldnt feel the bad ending itself. what u gonna feel after watching this movie is the unity of the...( read more) whole emotion, mixture of separation, being loved, and live it just like what it should be.
    In short, the most beatiful rain season ever filmed
  • February 22, 2009
    Sweet and touching story - both heartwarming and heartbreaking.
  • February 6, 2009
    It's unreasonable and kinda slowly in the begining.. but sad in the end.. a nice one I guess..
  • January 13, 2009
    In my present state of mind, this made me cry like a 3 year old who just lost her balloon.
  • January 1, 2009
    A very romantic story and genious actors :)
    Best would be to watch this together with someone you love :)
  • October 16, 2008
    loved every mimnute of it!
    very moving!
    great acting!
    great story!
  • October 4, 2008
    A really nice original story with authentic characters about love.. i really liked it, but its almost too cute sometimes, but its like while watching it its allright because the way its presented.. even i almost squeezed out a tear for this one and that is NOT ordirnery..
  • September 7, 2008
    Lovely and warmhearted story but so sad. It is a supernatural story of a dead mother who returns to her husband and sun for a rainy season.

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  • luky135
    April 2, 2007
    well at first i read i the book first (#1 best book in japan} i liked the book very much, if you are just curious of how it looks like watch it, but read the book first!

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