A Madder Red (2021)
Original title: 茜色に焼かれる
A Madder Red is a 2021 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yuya Ishii, with a running time of 2h 24m. It stars Machiko Ono, Iori Wada and Yuki Katayama.
7 years ago, Yoichi died in a traffic accident. His wife Ryoko did not receive compensation from her husband's death. She has since raised her son Junpei by herself. Junpei is now a middle school student. Ryoko also cares for her father-in-law, who lives in a nursing home and she also runs a cafe. Her care is in a difficult situation due to Covid-19, while Junpei experiences bullying at school.
Cast
- Machiko Ono as Ryoko Tanaka
- Iori Wada as Junpei Tanaka
- Yuki Katayama as Kei
- Joe Odagiri as Yoichi Tanaka
- Masatoshi Nagase as Nakamura
- Hirota Otsuka as Kumaki Naoki
- Tateto Serizawa as Taki
- Aki Maeda as Sachiko
- Hideyuki Kasahara as Saiki
- Shingo Tsurumi as Arishima Ko
- Kyusaku Shimada as Narihara
- Yuki Izumisawa as Teacher