Ernesto (2017)
Freddy Maemura Hurtado, a second-generation Japanese-Bolivian, heads to Cuba to study medicine. He meets revolutionist Che Guevara. When civil war breaks out in Bolivia, he decides to join Guevara’s revolutionary army under the name of “Ernesto Medico”.
Director:
Junji Sakamoto
Writer:
Junji Sakamoto
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Joe Odagiri as Freddy Maemura Hurtado |
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Kento Nagayama as Hideo Mori |
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Juan Miguel Valero Acosta as Che Guevara |
| Directing | Junji Sakamoto | Director |
| Writing | Junji Sakamoto | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fumio Iwasaki | Costume Design |
| Editing | Shinichi Fushima | Editor |
| Sound | Goro Yasukawa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Shingo Gima | Director of Photography |
| Art | Mitsuo Harada | Production Design |
| Lighting | Kenjiro So | Gaffer |
| Sound | Yasumasa Terui | Sound Recordist |
| Production | 松田憲一良 | Production Manager |