Broken Heart of the 56th Year

Broken Heart of the 56th Year 2020 Directed by Yukihiro Toda 56年目の失恋

Apprentice chef Saori Nakagawa suddenly travels to Tokyo in 1964 to meet Ryuichi Kikuchi, a cook. From Kikuchi who devotes himself to cooking, Saori learns what is really important. The love of two people over 56 years.

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gneres Drama , Fantasy

Production Company NHK

Release Date 11 July 2020

89 mins

Cast

Ayami Nakajo Saori Nakagawa

Kanata Hongo Ryuichi Kikuchi

Kenji Iwaya Kazuo Nishijima

Kenji Mizuhashi Toshifumi Ikeda

Masahiro Toda Kinzo Tanioka

Sara Shida Kazuko Kikuchi

Tōru Shinagawa The Mysterious Old Man

Miyoko Akaza Toshie Kikuchi

Mayumi Ozora Masayo Nakagawa

Karin Ono

Seishu Uragami Kiyohiko Sakaguchi

Crew

Director

Yukihiro Toda

Writer

Yukihiro Toda

Producers

Takashi Tanimiya

Tomohisa Ishii

Executive Producers

Seiji Hashidate

Hide Muramatsu

Shinichi Terazono

Cinematography

Kazuhiro Mimura

Editor

Yoshiki Gota