Don't Lose Heart

Don't Lose Heart

128 mins | Drama | Nov. 16, 2013

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.

Don't Lose Heart

128 mins | Drama | Nov. 16, 2013

Don't Lose Heart
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.
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd., Aoi Promotion
Original title くじけないで
Directors Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Writers Yoshihiro Fukagawa

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

Yusuke Kamiji

as Doctor Kamijo

Haru Kuroki

as Shizuko (young adult)