Movie: 0.5mm
Romaji: 0.5 Miri
Japanese: 0.5ミリ
Director: Momoko Ando
Writer: Momoko Ando (novel)
Producer: Yoshiya Nagasawa
Cinematographer: Takahiro Haibara
World Premiere: July 17, 2014 (Japan Cuts)
Release Date: November, 2014
Runtime: 196 min.
Genre: Award Winning-Drama / Best Film-Movie of the Year
Distributor: Aya Pro
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Sawa Yamagishi (Sakura Ando) worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to eventually lose her job and house. Now, she has nowhere to go.
Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, their lives change and Sawa's own wounds start to heal.
Notes
Based on the novel "0.5 Miri" by Momoko Ando (published October 26, 2011 by Gentosha Inc.).
Momoko Ando is the older sister of actress Sakura Ando.
Cast
Sakura Ando
Masahiko Tsugawa
Akira Emoto
Toshio Sakata
Mitsuko Kusabue
Junkichi Orimoto
Midori Kiuchi
Nozomi Tsuchiya
Tatsuo Inoue
Masahiro Higashide
Bengal
Kazue Tsunogae
Miyoko Asada