The Dog in the Sidecar

Kaoru Kondo, a thirty-year-old woman who works as a salesperson in a real estate company. (played by Yosuke Kawamura) is about to get married, and her divorced parents (played by Arata Furuta and played by Suzuki Saha) will also attend the wedding, which reminds her of an unforgettable experience in her childhood. During the summer vacation when Kaoru (played by Matsumoto Hana) was ten years old, her parents had a fierce quarrel, and finally her mother left her child and ran away from home. At this time, a woman named Yoko (played by Yuko Takeuchi) walked into Kondo's house to cook for the children and clean up the housework. At first, Kaoru was disgusted with this careless woman who was somewhat ambiguous with her father, but as the relationship gradually deepened, she began to be attracted to Yoko... Adapted from Nagashima Yu's short story of the same name. The film won the 81st Annual Report and the 17th Japan Film Critics Award for Best Actress respectively.