Yôji Yamada	...	(Director)
Kyôko Nakajima, Yôji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu	...	(Writer)
Satoshi Tsumabuki	...	Takeshi
Chieko Baishô	...	Taki (older)
Takako Matsu	...	Tokiko Hirai
Takatarô Kataoka	...	Mr. Hirai
Yui Natsukawa	...
Kazuko Yoshiyuki	...
Haru Kuroki	...	Taki (younger)
Hidetaka Yoshioka	...	Itakura
Yukijirô Hotaru	...
Tomoko Nakajima	...
Takashi Sasano	...
Isao Hashizume	...
Nenji Kobayashi	...
Fumino Kimura	...
Shigeru Muroi	...
Joe Hisaishi	...	Composer
Masashi Chikamori	...	Cinematographer
Iwao Ishii	...	Editor

Summary: Takeshi finds several notebooks by his late aunt Taki Nunomiya, who never married. Through the notebooks Takeshi learns of his aunt's life.

Prior to World War II, in a little house with a red triangular roof in Tokyo, Taki works as a housemaid. The family that lives in the little house consists of 3 members: the husband who works at a toy company, his beautiful wife Tokiko and their five year old son Kyoichi. Taki longs for her employer Tokiko. The husband then hires a young art school graduate named Shoji Itakura. Tokiko and Taki are both excited by the man's artistic talents. Meanwhile, the war situation deteriorates as well as the relationships in the little house.