Hana's Miso Soup

Directed by Nobuo Mizuta

With Tadayoshi Okura, Machiko Ono, Mana Ashida, Tsurutaro Kataoka and Kyoko Maya

Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga Chie by accident. Just as their relationship is blossoming however, Chie tells Shingo that she has breast cancer. Shingo determines to marry Chie right away, but she'll have to go through surgery and cancer treatments firs...