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The Lion Standing in the Wind
Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles with nurses and colleagues at the hospital. Koichiro Shimada then encounters a boy soldier severely wounded mentally. This changes Koichiro Shimada’s fate.
Cast
- Takao Osawa as Koichiro Shimada
- Satomi Ishihara as Wakako Kusano
- Yoko Maki as Takako Akishima
- Masato Hagiwara as Katsuhiko Aoki
- Ryohei Suzuki as Taro Tagami
- Ayako Fujitani as Satoko Kojima
- Hajime Yamazaki as Seiichi Akijima
- Renji Ishibashi as Masayuki Murakami
- Honoka Matsumoto as Satoko Kojima (young)
- Junya Maki as Koichiro Shimada (child)
- Patrick Oketch as Afundi
- Nick Reding as White Doctor #1
Details
- Director
- Takashi Miike
- Released
- March 14, 2015
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- AX-ON, OLM and Nippon Television Network Corporation
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.5 / 10 from 10 votes
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