Year: 1981
Runtime: 135 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Kichitaro Negishi
A young man tends a tomato greenhouse tucked into a residential neighborhood, pouring his hopes into the fragile crops. As the plants wither, his personal life spirals—he clings to a fledgling romance with the eccentric Kaede while his parents pressure him to marry the fiancée they have chosen, Ayako, leaving him torn between love and duty.
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