A war widow becomes fashion's most unlikely matriarch at 74 — deathbed optional.
Ayako Koshino is rushed to the hospital in a critical condition, and as her three daughters rush to the scene, an angel appears before her. The angel tries to guide Ayako to a place where she will be judged between heaven and hell. Ayako looks back on her own life, including the opening of her western clothing store, her first love after the death of her husband in the war, and the brand she launched at the age of 74. The life of one woman who lived in the world of fashion as the mother of three sisters, Hiroko Koshino, Junko, and Michiko, Ayako's daughters who are each world-class designers.
Acting
Mao Daichi ages 50 years with terrifying conviction.
Costume
The actual Koshino archive — three generations of Japanese fashion history.
Direction
Takeshi Sone treats the afterlife bureaucracy with deadpan warmth.
Director
Takeshi Sone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Junko Koshino personally approved every costume recreation from her mother's original 1950s patterns.
Director Sone cast Yoichi Nukumizu as the angel specifically because his 'ordinary face' would make the supernatural feel bureaucratically real — a nod to Kore-eda's After Life.
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