This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.
Naoto Takenaka
Mikio Shimazu
Miho Nakayama
Yoko Shimazu
Tadanobu Asano
Nobuyoshi Araki
Shiho Fujimura
Yoshiko Kuga
Kanji Tsuda
Takako Matsu
Tomokazu Miura
Yoshimitsu Morita
Tokyo Fair Weather is a drama film released in 1997. Directed by Naoto Takenaka, it stars Naoto Takenaka, Miho Nakayama, Tadanobu Asano. This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.
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