this be a story of a long and awkward love . the daily life of a woman of 50 year old and some people around her be depict . her daily life be so ordinary and routine that i doubt who be the real lead character in the beginning . then the audience know that the woman and a man who be her high school class mate have very tiny connection . the woman have be do the same job a milk woman and a supermarket casher so long . there be so many slope that deliver milk bottle be a very hard job . the man have marry another woman and who be now die of cancer . he work at the city hall and devotedly care her at home . they never look straight nor talk each other and but they never forget each other . the original japanese title mean at some time the day you read book . but of course when the man say now i want to do what i have always want to do and it be to hug her and make love with her . she write to a radio disk jockey that if god give u time to talk and we need at least a whole day . dreaming of that day and she have be sublimate the desire in hard work and book reading . i personally know a woman who have love a man for long year and even after he marry another woman and die for an accident . therefore the story setting be not that special . rather and this movie well portray unspoken romance in many ordinary men and woman . through this movie and you will recall your romance that be lose long ago . this be a movie with lasting effect .