The taste of tea
(DVD)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003.

Title from container.

Special features: Director & cast profile; original Japanese trailers; VIZ Pictures presents.

Cinematography, Kosuke Matsushima ; animation, Takeshi Koike ; music, Little Tempo ; costume designer, Ikuko Utsunomiya ; production designer, Yuji Tsuzuko.

Maya Banno, Takahiro Sato, Tadanobu Asano, Satomi Tezuka, Tatsuya Gasyuin, Anna Tsuchiya, Tomoko Nakajima, Tomokazu Miura.

The Harunos are a rather unconventional, but happy and loving family. Eight-year-old Sachiko is bothered by her own giant-sized double, who hangs around sitting on buildings staring at her. Her older brother, Hajime, privately wrestles with raging hormones and a love-struck crush on a pretty new classmate. Mom struggles to come out of retirement as an animator and Dad is a professional hypnotist who occasionally plies his trade on his own family. Throw in 2 uncles and an eccentric grandfather and there is a unique blend of a family tackling the universal themes of time, family and life.

Not rated; parental guidance suggested.

DVD format; region 1, anamorphic widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Japanese dialogue, English subtitles.