Where Are You? (2009)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 44M

Director : Masahiro Kobayashi

Synopsis

Yuto Kobayashi stars as a down-on-his-luck 16-year-old named Ryo Kawai. Ryo grew up fatherless, and has been trying to make a living by working at a local convenience store ever since his mother was hospitalized with a prolonged illness. Unable to support himself on his meager earnings, he has to resort to sneaking money from the cash register and stealing rice balls to get by-a habit which eventually gets him fired. Just when it seems things can't get any worse, his mother dies and he's stuck with a hefty bill for the hospital and funeral expenses. Obviously unable to pay, but determined to send his mother off himself, Ryo steals her corpse and places it in a small rowboat. After the makeshift funeral ceremony, Ryo heads off to Tokyo on a journey to meet his absentee father.

Actors

Yuto Kobayashi
Yuto Kobayashi
Ryo Kawai
Masahiro Kobayashi
Masahiro Kobayashi
Kawai's Father
Makiko Watanabe
Makiko Watanabe
Kawai's Mother
Tokio Emoto
Tokio Emoto
Ryûzô Tanaka
Ryûzô Tanaka
Sanae Miyata
Sanae Miyata
Kazue Tsunogae
Kazue Tsunogae
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Megumi Yokoyama
Megumi Yokoyama

Crews

Masahiro Kobayashi
Masahiro Kobayashi
Director
Masahiro Kobayashi
Masahiro Kobayashi
Writer
Masahiro Kobayashi
Masahiro Kobayashi
Producer

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