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To Walk Beside You

To Walk Beside You

2009

4.5

Categories:

  • Drama

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, Editor

Motoo Kawabata

Producer

Cast:

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  • Maki Meguro

    Maki Meguro

    Akemi Tanaka
  • Ryu Morioka

    Ryu Morioka

    Norio Saeki
  • Ayako Yoshitani

    Ayako Yoshitani

    Megumi Ichinose
  • Shunta Watanabe

    Shunta Watanabe

    Yasutaro
  • Sachiko Katsumata

    Sachiko Katsumata

    Yasuyo
  • Mukau Nakamura

    Mukau Nakamura

    Yasutaka