STORY
田所高士は７７歳にして妻である加奈子を亡くす。２人の間に子供はなかった。ひとり暮らしを始める高士。保険の手続きなど何かと気忙しい。しかし満中陰の法要を区切りにして高士の人付き合いは減っていくことに。ポツリとひとり食べる夕食。じめじめと雨の降る夜は目が冴えて眠れない。ある夕暮れに高士は飲めないビールを口にする。そして妻の幻影を目にする。脳梗塞の後遺症を患っていた妻。ボールをつくことでリハビリとしていた。トントントン。ボールをつく妻の姿が目の前に見えたのだが。気が付くとひとり縁側に座っているのだった。ある日、妻の妹である裕子が高士の元を訪ねてくる。高士は裕子になけなしの接待として作り置きの肉じゃがを出す。肉じゃがを口にする裕子。その味は姉の加奈子が作ってくれたものとそっくりだと驚く。裕子はさらに深く味わい「美味しいです」とつぶやく。高士もまた深く頷くのだった。
妻を亡くした男の喪失感。やがて魂を照らす慈愛の光を描く。
Kanako no koto
Takashi Tadokoro is 77 years old, and he lost his wife, Kanako.
They don’t have any child, and Takashi starts living alone.
Many things to do such as insurance procedure make him busy.
However, after the memorial service held on the 49th day after Kanako’s death, Takashi becomes unsociable and inclines to keep to himself.
He has dinner by himself, and he cannot sleep in the rainy night.
At nightfall, Takashi drinks some beer that he actually cannot drink, and he sees visons of his wife.
His wife was suffering from the aftereffects of cerebral infarction, and trying rehabilitation by bouncing a ball.
Tap-tap.
Though he sees his wife bouncing a ball, when he becomes conscious, he sits on the veranda alone.
One day, Yuko who is a sister of Kanako visits him.
Takashi serves a dish he cooked.
Yuko eats it and she is surprised at the taste that is exactly same as the one Kanako cooked.
Yuko enjoys the dish and says “delicious.”
Takashi nods to her deeply.
This film describes a man’s deep loss of his wife and an affectionate gleam that will light their souls before long.
