To Walk Beside You (2009)
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.
| Movie ID | 11233 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Yuya Ishii |
| Main cast | Maki Meguro, Ryu Morioka, Ayako Yoshitani, Shunta Watanabe, Sachiko Katsumata, Mukau Nakamura, Tomoya Maeno, Toshiki Fujikawa |
| Release date | 18 October 2009 |
| Release year | 2009 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Duration | 90 min (1h 30m) |
| Rating | 4.5 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | – |
Director: Yuya Ishii
Writers: Yuya Ishii
Top cast
Maki MeguroAkemi Tanaka
Ryu MoriokaNorio Saeki
Ayako YoshitaniMegumi Ichinose
Shunta WatanabeYasutaro
Sachiko KatsumataYasuyo
Mukau NakamuraYasutaka
Tomoya MaenoTaketomo
Toshiki Fujikawa
Kanehiro Ri
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