Drama · Japan · 2013 · 2h 8m

Don't Lose Heart

くじけないで

Director

Cast

Kaoru Yachigusa as Toyo Shibata Tetsuya Takeda as Kenichi Shibata Ran Ito as Shizuko Rei Dan as Toyo Shibata (young adult) Mana Ashida as Toyo Shibata (child) Mizuho Suzuki as Sadakichi Shibata

Crew

Yoshihiro Fukagawa — Screenplay Naoko Yoshida — Producer Naoto Asaoka — Producer Kazunari Hashiguchi — Producer

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.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

biography

Key Collaborators

Yoshihiro Fukagawa Director Yoshihiro Fukagawa Screenplay Naoko Yoshida Producer Naoto Asaoka Producer Kazunari Hashiguchi Producer

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