Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda
Screenwriter: Hirokazu Koreeda/Akio Yoshida
Starring: Haruka Ayase/Masami Nagasawa/Natsufan/Susu Hirose/Shinobu Otake
Genre: Drama/Family
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 2015-05-14(Cannes Film Festival) / 2015-06-13(Japan)
Running time: 127 minutes
Synopsis of the Sea Street Diary
Kamakura, the ancient capital of the sea, is a small town formed by the mountains, and there are four sisters of the Kanda family living in the inconspicuous corner. Their father ran away with his lover early in life, and their mother simply left the girls in the care of their grandmother. When Grandma died, her granddaughters inherited the big house with a long history. Early to take on the responsibility of the family elder sister Kaanda Yuki (Ayase Haruka), dedicated to take care of two younger sisters Kano (Nagasawa Masami is acted the role of), Chika (Xia Fan is acted the role of) healthy growth. On that day, the news of their father’s death reached their sisters.
They go together to attend their father’s funeral, and meet the half-sister Asano bell (Hirose is acted the role of silk). Perhaps it is the sense of closeness in the blood, lucky before leaving to invite the bell to move to Kamakura to live with. Not long after, holding the vision of her sisters, Ling entered the house where her father had lived. Four seasons turn, the story of the sisters quietly staged…
The film is based on the manga of the same name by Akio Yoshida.