When Will You Return? (2017)
Tomoko Ashimura types on a computer her memory of her late husband Goro, but Tomoko Ashimura succumbs to a disease. On behalf of Tomoko Ashimura, her grandchild Osamu collects Tomoko’s memoirs. He learns about the love between his grandparents for the past 50 years and the difficult life they faced during and after the Pacific War.
Director: Fukugawa Yoshihiro
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Machiko Ono as Tomoko Ashimura |
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Osamu Mukai as Goro Ashimura |
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Yoko Nogiwa as Tomoko Ashimura (Present Days) |
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Kayoko Kishimoto as Mami |
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Taro Suruga as Mikio Takasugi |
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Issey Ogata as Chu Ashimura |
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Ishin Narita as Osamu |
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Karin Tokushige as |
| Writing | Tomoko Ashimura | Writer |
| Production | Yasunori Naruse | Producer |
| Directing | Fukugawa Yoshihiro | Director |
| Production | Yuichi Shibahara | Producer |
| Production | Rikyu Ohata | Producer |
| Writing | Mutsumi Yamamoto | Writer |
| Lighting | Suehara Noritaka | Gaffer |
| Production | Rintaro Hamasaki | Line Producer |