Takako Tokiwa

A rebellious hair stylist and a spirited young woman fall for each other, but her worsening terminal illness tests the bonds of their new love.

Weaving the life of a 92-year-old doctor into the history of a small Hokkaido city, "Seven Weeks" addresses Japan's wartime responsibility, its present nuclear crisis and the heartaches of youth and love. The second film in Nobuhiko Obayashi's Anti-War Trilogy which includes Hanatagami and Casting Blossoms to the Sky.

Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.