To Walk Beside You (2009)

  • NR
  • 10/18/2009 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 1h 30m

Overview

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.

Yuya Ishii

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Maki Meguro's headshot

Maki Meguro

Akemi Tanaka
Ryu Morioka's headshot

Ryu Morioka

Norio Saeki
Ayako Yoshitani's headshot

Ayako Yoshitani

Megumi Ichinose
Shunta Watanabe's headshot

Shunta Watanabe

Yasutaro
Sachiko Katsumata's headshot

Sachiko Katsumata

Yasuyo
Mukau Nakamura's headshot

Mukau Nakamura

Yasutaka
Tomoya Maeno's headshot

Tomoya Maeno

Taketomo
Toshiki Fujikawa's headshot

Toshiki Fujikawa

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