

A Story of Yonosuke
2013-02-23 · 160 min · ★ 7.1
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
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- Directors
- Shuichi Okita
- Production companies
- Kirishima 1945, Nikkatsu Corporation, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Bandai Visual, Mainichi Shimbun, Amuse Soft Entertainment, TEN CARAT, Showgate, Bungeishunju, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, BS TV Tokyo, Yahoo! Japan
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kengo KoraYonosuke Yokomichi
Yuriko YoshitakaShōko Yosano
Sosuke IkematsuIppei Kuramochi
Ayumi ItoChiharu Katase
Go AyanoYusuke Kato
Aki AsakuraYui Akutsu
Mei KurokawaSakura Osaki
Tasuku EmotoOzawa
Aimi SatsukawaMutsumi Toi
Keiko HoriuchiKaori Yosano
Arata IuraKeisuke Murota
Jun KunimuraHiro Yosano
KitaroYozo Yokomichi
Kimiko YoTaeko Yokomichi
Yosuke OmizuKenji Ishida
Konatsu TanakaYukie Seiji
Noriko EguchiKyoko Kogure
Hidekazu MashimaYusuke Kato's Partner
Tsuyoshi MuroMaehara
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