Overview
Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older siblings do all what they can to withstand the trouble they encounter along their way.
Director and cast
- Tomoyuki Furumaya Director
- Teppei Koike as Hiroshi Tamura
- Akihiro Nishino as Kenichi Tamura
- Chizuru Ikewaki as Sachiko Tamura
- Issey Ogata as Ichiro Tamura
- Tomoka Kurotani as Natsumi Kudo
- Ryudo Uzaki as Masamitsu Kawai
- Yuko Kotegawa as Kyoko Tamura
- Yuko Tanaka as Michiyo Kawai
- Kai Ato as Father
- Mikiko Ichiki Cast
More films
Black Rain (1989)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that the...
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Cast
- Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura
Half Nelson (2006)
Drama · R
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could eith...
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Director
- Ryan Fleck
- Cast
- Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie
Where the Heart Is (2000)
Comedy · Drama · Romance · PG-13
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new...
- Runtime
- 2h
- Director
- Matt Williams
- Cast
- Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing
Pay It Forward (2000)
Drama · PG-13
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Director
- Mimi Leder
- Cast
- Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Angie Dickinson
Terkel in Trouble (2004)
Animation · Comedy · Mystery · Thriller · Not Rated
6th-grader Terkel begins experiencing a streak of bad luck after sitting on a black spider. His teacher dies and is replaced by the strange Justin. At home, Terkel's Uncle Stewart erupts in sporadic fits of rage, and at school Terkel is bullied by two boys after they learn that fat Doris likes him. On a school camping trip, Terkel begi...
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Director
- Stefan Fjeldmark, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen
- Cast
- Anders Matthesen, Kim Matthesen, Aksel Hennie
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members