Don't Lose Heart
2013Depicts 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.
Acted in
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
Yusuke Kamiji
as Doctor Kamijo
Haru Kuroki
as Shizuko (young adult)
Pierre Taki
Ariei Umefune
Ayaka Onishi
Akiko Kurano
Shohei Abe
Chizuru Ikewaki