A Sower of Seeds (2012)
Kinjiro, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, is a good-natured fellow who goes around the country helping farm families. At his new appointment in Usuki City, Oita Prefecture, he visits a tea-growing family he has known for a long time. There, he finds the family head's granddaughter Minori, who lost her job in Tokyo and has just returned home.
Director: Toshi Shioya
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Rena Tanaka as Minori Morikawa |
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Takanori Jinnai as Kinjiro Omiya |
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Yuri Nakamura as 栗原香苗(Kanae Kurihara) |
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Hisashi Yoshizawa as Takashi Kimura |
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Akira Emoto as Shuzo Morikawa |
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Ken Teraizumi as Mayor of Usuki |
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Toshiyuki Nagashima as Tadashi Ota |
| Sound | Takana Miyamoto | Music |
| Writing | Chiaki Miura | Writer |
| Camera | Yoshitaka Sakamoto | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Kaoru Aoba | Story |
| Writing | Katsumi Ishikawa | Writer |
| Directing | Toshi Shioya | Director |
| Production | Motohiro Togawa | Production Manager |
| Production | Kenji Kato | Producer |
| Production | Junichi Kitagawa | Executive Producer |