Don't Lose Heart
Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first collection of poems "Kujikenaide" (″Don't lose heart″) in 2009, which sold over 1.5 million copies.
Top Billed Cast
Kaoru Yachigusa
Toyo Shibata
Tetsuya Takeda
Kenichi Shibata
Ran Ito
Shizuko
Rei Dan
Toyo Shibata (young adult)
Mana Ashida
Toyo Shibata (child)
Featured Crew
Hirokazu Ishii
Cinematography
Naoko Yoshida
Producer
Naoto Asaoka
Producer
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Director
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Screenplay
Kazunari Hashiguchi
Producer
藤田徹
Decorator