Don't Lose Heart (2013)
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.
Director:
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Writer:
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
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Kaoru Yachigusa as Toyo Shibata |
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Tetsuya Takeda as Kenichi Shibata |
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Ran Ito as Shizuko |
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Rei Dan as Toyo Shibata (young adult) |
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Mana Ashida as Toyo Shibata (child) |
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Mizuho Suzuki as Sadakichi Shibata |
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Yusuke Kamiji as Doctor Kamijo |
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Haru Kuroki as Shizuko (young adult) |
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Pierre Taki as |
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Ariei Umefune as |
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Ayaka Onishi as |
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Akiko Kurano as |
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Shohei Abe as |
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Chizuru Ikewaki as |
| Crew | Hirokazu Ishii | Cinematography |
| Production | Naoko Yoshida | Producer |
| Production | Naoto Asaoka | Producer |
| Directing | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Director |
| Writing | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Screenplay |
| Production | Kazunari Hashiguchi | Producer |
| Art | Tōru Fujita | Decorator |
| Lighting | Suehara Noritaka | Gaffer |
