
The Mourning Forest(2007)
A young woman working at a retirement home takes an elderly man living there on an excursion into the countryside, but the two wind up stranded in the titular forest.


Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to lose her job. Now, she has nowhere to go. Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, Sawa's own wounds start to heal.

Sakura Ando
Sawa

Junkichi Orimoto
Shozo Kataoka

Toshio Sakata
Shigeru

Masahiko Tsugawa
Yoshio Makabe

Akira Emoto
Takeshi Sasaki

Mitsuko Kusabue
Shizue Makabe
Nozomi Tsuchiya
Makoto Kataoka

Midori Kiuchi
Yukiko Kataoka

Kazue Tsunogae
Hamada

Miyoko Asada
Hisako
0.5 mm is a drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of blackmail, con man, retired, stolen bicycle, elderly couple, suicide of mother. Directed by Momoko Ando, it stars Sakura Ando, Junkichi Orimoto, Toshio Sakata. Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to lose her job. Now, she has nowhere to go. Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, Sawa's own wounds start to heal.
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