The Lion Standing in the Wind (2015)
Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles with nurses and colleagues at the hospital. Koichiro Shimada then encounters a boy soldier severely wounded mentally. This changes Koichiro Shimada’s fate.
Director: Takashi Miike
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Takao Osawa as Koichiro Shimada |
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Satomi Ishihara as Wakako Kusano |
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Yoko Maki as Takako Akishima |
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Masato Hagiwara as Katsuhiko Aoki |
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Ryohei Suzuki as Taro Tagami |
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Ayako Fujitani as Satoko Kojima |
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Hajime Yamazaki as Seiichi Akijima |
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Renji Ishibashi as Masayuki Murakami |
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Honoka Matsumoto as Satoko Kojima (young) |
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Junya Maki as Koichiro Shimada (child) |
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Patrick Oketch as Afundi |
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Nick Reding as White Doctor #1 |
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Jason Corder as White Doctor #2 |
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Toshihito Kokubo as |
| Writing | Masashi Sada | Novel |
| Directing | Takashi Miike | Director |
| Production | Tomoyuki Imai | Line Producer |
| Writing | Hiroshi Saito | Writer |
| Production | Naoto Fujimura | Producer |
| Production | Shigeji Maeda | Producer |
| Production | Misako Saka | Producer |
| Production | Naoaki Kitajima | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Koji Endo | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nobuyasu Kita | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kenji Yamashita | Editor |
| Production | Tsuyoshi Sugino | Casting Producer |
| Production | Shin'ya Zenda | Line Producer |
| Lighting | Yoshimi Watabe | Gaffer |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Jun Nakamura | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Kentaro Harada | Assistant Director |
| Production | Takao Osawa | Development Manager |
| Visual Effects | Kaori Ohtagaki | VFX Supervisor |
| Art | Akira Sakamoto | Decorator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yûya Maeda | Costume Coordinator |
| Art | Yuji Hayashida | Production Design |
| Production | Daisuke Kadoya | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Masashi Sada | Theme Song Performance |
| Directing | Ryûsuke Kurahashi | Assistant Director |