Don't Lose Heart

2h 8m
Drama
8

Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first collection of poems "Kujikenaide" (″Don't lose heart″) in 2009, which sold over 1.5 million copies.

Cast

Kaoru Yachigusa
Toyo Shibata
Tetsuya Takeda
Kenichi Shibata
Ran Ito
Shizuko
Rei Dan
Toyo Shibata (young adult)
Mana Ashida
Toyo Shibata (child)
Mizuho Suzuki
Sadakichi Shibata
Yusuke Kamiji
Doctor Kamijo
Haru Kuroki
Shizuko (young adult)
Pierre Taki
Unknown
Ariei Umefune
Unknown
Ayaka Onishi
Unknown
Akiko Kurano
Unknown
Shohei Abe
Unknown
Chizuru Ikewaki
Unknown

Crew

Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Director, Screenplay
Hirokazu Ishii
Cinematography
Naoto Asaoka
Producer
Naoko Yoshida
Producer
Kazunari Hashiguchi
Producer
Tōru Fujita
Decorator
Suehara Noritaka
Gaffer

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