House on Fire

Adapted from autobiographical story by Kazuo Dan, who published it a few months before his death

In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work

Drama

Ken Ogata

(Kazuo Katsura)

Ayumi Ishida

(Yoriko)

Mieko Harada

(Keiko Yajima)

Keiko Matsuzaka

(Tokuko Tanayoshi)

Renji Ishibashi

(Kazuo's father)

Fumi Dan

(Kazuo's mother)

Hatsuo Yamaya

(Tokuko's father)

Junko Miyauchi

(Tokuko's mother)

Hiroyuki Sanada

(Chuya Nakahara)

Yusuke Okada

(Osamu Dazai)

Hisashi Igawa

(Tsubono)

Chu Arai

(Kanda)

Atom Shimojo

(Nakajima)

Takeshi Iba

(Sasaki)

Takashi Taniguchi

(Hayashi)

Ryuji Tonegawa

(Ichiro)

Nobuyuki Ichiyanagi

(Jiro)

Satoshi Okuma

(Yata)

Yuka Yonezawa

(Fumiko)

Mami Okamura

(Satoko)

Sayoko Tanimoto

Mina Asami

Keizo Kanie

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Masato Ise

(Kazuo as a boy)

Takashi Noguchi

Yukio Miyagi

(Detective)

Gōzō Sōma

(Doctor)

Daisuke Okamoto

(Young college student)

Mineko Maruhira

Makoto Sumikawa

Kumiko Itou

Natsuko Suzuki

Mayumi Tokunaga

(Nurse)