Kaze ni tatsu lion
The Lion Standing in the Wind
- Release Date
- March, 14th, 2015
- Running Time
- 139 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP,HDCAM
- Screen Size
- Cinema Scope (1:2.35)
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (HDCAM)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- OSAWA Takao ── Koichiro
- ISHIHARA Satomi ── Wakako
- MAKI Yoko ── Takako
[ Staff ]
- SADA Masashi ── Original Story
- SAITO Hiroshi ── Screenplay
- SADA Masashi ── Theme Song
- ENDO Koji ── Music
- KITA Nobuyasu ── Cinematography
[ Production Company ]
“T.L.S.I.T.W” FILM PARTNERS
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
TOHO
[ Story ]
Miike Takashi, whose work is eagerly anticipated both at home and abroad, directs this adaptation of a story by Sada Masashi about a Japanese doctor practicing medicine in Kenya. Osawa Takao, who joined the production when it was first being devised, gives a fully committed performance as the protagonist who treats child soldiers with deep emotional scars.
Koichiro (Osawa) leaves his girlfriend Takako (Maki Yoko) behind in Japan to work as a doctor in Kenya. There he meets a nurse named Wakako (Ishihara Satomi). The two of come into contact with numerous child soldiers, orphaned after their families are murdered, who are injected with narcotics before being deployed in battle.
[ Official Site ]
[ Contact (International) ]
NIPPON TELEVISION NETWORK CORPORATION
Film Business Department
1-6-1 Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7444
tel: +81 3 6215 1111
http://www.ntv.co.jp/english
