A LIVING PROMISE

JINSEI NO YAKUSOKU

By Kan ISHIBASHI

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Drama - Completed 2015

The president of an IT affiliated company — Yuma lives only for his work. One day he hears about his estranged friend's death. He was Yuma's lifelong friend and rival. But Yuma was not even aware that he was seriously ill.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kan ISHIBASHI
    • Synopsis
    • IT company executive Yuma Nakahara (Takenouchi) lives only for his work. Out of the blue he receives news of the death of his estranged friend, Kouhei. Kouhei had been Yuma’s lifelong buddy – and at one time a rival. But for various reasons they had gone their separate ways and Yuma had been unaware of Kouhei’s declining health.
      Throughout his life, Kouhei had nurtured a passion, one
      shared by the people of his hometown of Shinminato. And so Yuma heads to the historic harbour settlement to fulfill a promise made to his deceased friend.