Don't Lose Heart (2013)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.297 |
Directed By
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Crew
Hirokazu Ishii
Naoko Yoshida
Naoto Asaoka
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Kazunari Hashiguchi
TOP CAST
Kaoru Yachigusa
Toyo Shibata
Tetsuya Takeda
Kenichi Shibata
Ran Ito
Shizuko
Rei Dan
Toyo Shibata (young adult)
Mana Ashida
Toyo Shibata (child)
Mizuho Suzuki
Sadakichi Shibata
Yusuke Kamiji
Doctor Kamijo
Haru Kuroki
Shizuko (young adult)
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