A Living Promise (2016)
Overview
Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on expanding his company. He receives a phone call from his former co-worker and friend Kouhei, but Kouhei doesn't say anything. Yuma gets the sense that something is wrong and heads to Kouhei's hometown of Shinminato, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. In Shinminato, Yuma meets other people and becomes involved in the Shinminato Hikiyama Festival. His outlook on life begins to change.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.367 |
Directed By
Kan Ishibashi
Crew
Kan Ishibashi
Kiyoshi Yoshikawa
Jun Mizunashi
Takashi Tominaga
Satoru Yamashita
Masahiro Yoshimoto
TOP CAST
Yutaka Takenouchi
Yuma Nakahara
Yosuke Eguchi
Tetsuya Watanabe
Tori Matsuzaka
Takuya Sawai
Yûka
Yukiko Ohba
Eiko Koike
Sayuri Fujioka
Hikaru Takahashi
Hitomi Watanabe
Jun Miho
Miki Togashi
Mikako Ichikawa
Miyako Watanabe
Shinosuke Tatekawa
Dr. Yosuke Kondo
Shigeru Muroi
Yoshiko
Akira Emoto
Zenzo Takeda
Takeshi Kitano
Detective Koichiro Iwase
Toshiyuki Nishida
Kentaro Nishimura
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