Category : EntertainmentThe Little House (2014) (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)Price: USD10.99 Still going strong at the age of 82, veteran director Yamada Yoji tells a small story in a turbulent period with The Little House . Based on a novel by Nakajima Kyoko, this heartrending drama chronicles a taboo love affair set in the late 1930s, at the eve of the Sino-Japanese War. In a performance that earned her a Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival, Kuroki Haru stars as Taki, a young girl from the countryside who moves to Tokyo to become a maid for the Hirai Family. During Taki's time there, she witnesses a burgeoning extramarital affair between family matriarch Tokiko (Matsu Takako) and Shoji (Yoshioka Hidetaka), a new employee at her husband's toy manufacturing company. With moral pressure from society and the threat of impending war closing in, Tokiko is forced to make a choice.Other products from YesAsia |
