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To Walk Beside You

20094.5 / 1090 min
Drama

Overview

A 17-year-old country boy named Norio decides his only option is to follow his late parents’ example and commit suicide. After failing even at that, his 34-year-old English teacher Akemi convinces him that he should instead move to Tokyo with her and become a lawyer on her dime. Unfortunately, Akemi doesn’t have quite as much money as she leads Norio to believe, and has to secretly get a job at a karaoke bar under the guise of “going to the salon”. Meanwhile, she continuously prods her somewhat dimwitted student to work harder toward her manufactured goal of him becoming a lawyer. Although Norio is falling in love with Akemi, he’s not all that interested in studying, and matters only get worse when he discovers his benefactor’s secret source of income.

Cast

Maki Meguro

Maki Meguro

Akemi Tanaka

Ryu Morioka

Ryu Morioka

Norio Saeki

Ayako Yoshitani

Ayako Yoshitani

Megumi Ichinose

Shunta Watanabe

Shunta Watanabe

Yasutaro

Sachiko Katsumata

Sachiko Katsumata

Yasuyo

Mukau Nakamura

Mukau Nakamura

Yasutaka

Tomoya Maeno

Tomoya Maeno

Taketomo

Toshiki Fujikawa

Toshiki Fujikawa

Kanehiro Ri

Kanehiro Ri

Crew

Yuya Ishii

Yuya Ishii

Screenplay

Fūta Takagi

Fūta Takagi

Cinematography

Samon Imamura

Samon Imamura

Original Music Composer

Yuya Ishii

Yuya Ishii

Director

Motoo Kawabata

Motoo Kawabata

Producer

Yuya Ishii

Yuya Ishii

Editor