Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
Director: Yoji Yamada
Screenplay: Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu
Story: Kyôko Nakajima
Producer: Tadashi Ohsumi
Director of Photography: Masashi Chikamori
Tokiko Hirai
Taki Nunomiya
Takeshi
Taki Nunomiya
Yasuko Arai
Liquor Store Old Man
Elementary School Teacher
Mrs. Konaka