A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for the staging of a play just before the atomic bombing.
Set in 1874 at the residence of an official of the Ministry of Education of Japan who was ordered with establishing a common national spoken language, this humorous drama focuses on how the national language used today was created.
Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Though her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in helping a man wrongfully accused of murder and in the process discovers love.
Jun Hamamura was born on 7 February 1906 in Fukuoka, Japan. He was an actor, known for High and Low (1963), Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965) and Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963). He died on 21 June 1995 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
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