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The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Bandai Visual, TV Tokyo, Cinequanon
Keywords
- elementary school
- disheartening
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Top Cast
Akira Emoto as Yoshio Ichikawa
Etsushi Toyokawa as Yoshihito Yamazaki
Naomasa Musaka as Sankichi Moriyama
Shinobu Otake as Midori Fujikawa
Maiko Kawakami as Michiko Ichikawa
Ren Osugi as
Top Crew
Kaneto Shindō · Director, Screenplay
Hikaru Hayashi · Composer
Yukio Watanabe · Editor
Jirô Shindô · Producer
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