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Don't Lose Heart

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Don't Lose Heart

8.0

2h 8m

2013

Synopsis

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

Trailer

Drama

biography

Cast & Crew

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

as Toyo Shibata

Tetsuya Takeda

Tetsuya Takeda

as Kenichi Shibata

Ran Ito

Ran Ito

as Shizuko

Rei Dan

Rei Dan

as Toyo Shibata (young adult)

Mana Ashida

Mana Ashida

as Toyo Shibata (child)

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki

as Sadakichi Shibata

Yusuke Kamiji

Yusuke Kamiji

as Doctor Kamijo

Haru Kuroki

Haru Kuroki

as Shizuko (young adult)

Pierre Taki

Pierre Taki

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