Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
| Art | Mitsuo Degawa | Art Direction |
| Directing | Yoji Yamada | Director |
| Writing | Kyôko Nakajima | Story |
| Writing | Emiko Hiramatsu | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yoji Yamada | Screenplay |
| Art | Daisuke Sue | Art Direction |
| Editing | Iwao Ishii | Editor |
| Production | Tomohiko Saito | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuo Matsuda | Costume Design |
| Production | Hiroyuki Saitô | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Masashi Chikamori | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hiroshi Fukazawa | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hitoshi Iwata | Line Producer |
| Art | Yukio Yuzawa | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tadashi Ohsumi | Producer |
| Production | Jun'ichi Sakomoto | Executive Producer |
