Yasutake Shingo is a newspaper reporter whose only redeeming feature is his earnestness. He meets Matsunaga Chie, who attends a music college, and they start dating. Each day becomes all the more bright and enjoyable for Shingo because of the lively Chie. She loves to laugh, sing and eat. After one and a half years, Chie is employed as a music teacher. One day, Shingo is informed that Chie has breast cancer. After thinking about it, he decides to share a lifetime with her and proposes. His proposal gives her the courage to undergo surgery which she had been mulling over. One day, Chie starts to teach 5-year-old Hana the “important things in life” such as laundry, cleaning and cooking. She thinks that even if she is no longer around, her daughter and husband will be able to live.
広末涼子
as Chie Yasutake
滝藤賢一
as Shingo Yasutake
原田貴和子
as Dr. Katagiri
一青窈
as Shiho Matsunaga
紺野まひる
as Natsuko Yoshimura
Emina Akamatsu
as Hana Yasutake
Hitomi Harukaze
as Yufuko Yoshida
Haruhi Ryoga
as Yuki Yoshida
平泉成
as Kazunori Matsunaga
木村理恵
as Kimiko Matsunaga
北見敏之
as Nobuyoshi Yasutake
高畑淳子
as Midori Yasutake
