Movie: One Day in January

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ken Matsudaira
松平健

Akira Emoto
柄本明

Yoshie Ichige
市毛良枝

Shozo Uesugi
上杉祥三

Ryota Nakanishi
中西良太

Sei Hiraizumi
平泉成

Toru Masuoka
益岡徹

Baijaku Nakamura
中村梅雀

Jundai Yamada
山田純大

Kyotaro Yanagiya
Kyotaro Yanagiya

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    Every year on the fourth of January, Shobei's soba restaurant serves "Sanada Soba"; soba noodles topped with grated spicy daikon radish. Even regulars refrain from coming to the restaurant because of the extra spicy soba. But on year, a stranger comes in and finishes the bowl, announcing that it tastes familiar. The man begins to visit every year on the 4th of January to eat Sanada Soba. Shobei develops a warm feeling towards the peculiar customer he interacts with once a year.

  • Release Date

    2012-11-17

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    8

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    日本語
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