Ryoko Matsumura is a popular writer in her 50's. She also knows that she has Alzheimer’s. Ryoko Matsumura begins to teach at a university. She meets a young Korean man in his 20's. They become attracted to each other.
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Miho Nakayama
Ryoko Matsumura
Kim Jae-uck
Chan-hae
Anna Ishibashi
Anna
Shun Sugata
Ryuji Ayamine
Masanobu Katsumura
Ishii
Masatoshi Nagase
Omura
Hidekazu Mashima
Kousuke
Asami Shibuya
Saori
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