Heaven's Bookstore

Heaven's Bookstore

2004•1h 51m•5.5/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(13)

Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.

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Production

Shochiku, dentsu, Shogakukan, Eisei Gekijo, TV Asahi, Stardust Pictures

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Yuko Takeuchi

Yuko Takeuchi

Shoko / Natsuko

Tetsuji Tamayama

Tetsuji Tamayama

Kenta

Karina

Karina

Yui

Hirofumi Arai

Hirofumi Arai

Satoshi

Koji Ohkura

Koji Ohkura

Maru

Yoichiro Saito

Yoichiro Saito

Sentaro

Ayumu Saito

Ayumu Saito

Concert Manager

Kazuko Kato

Kazuko Kato

Taeko Nagase

Morio Agata

Morio Agata

Ikuro Nagase

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Ota

Sansei Shiomi

Sansei Shiomi

Nishiyama

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Sachi Hiyama

Haruko Wanibuchi

Haruko Wanibuchi

Heaven Coffee Shop Owner

Hideko Yoshida

Hideko Yoshida

Yone

Senri Sakurai

Senri Sakurai

Tasuke

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Takimoto

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Yamaki

Akashi Takei

Akashi Takei

Yasunari Takeshima

Yasunari Takeshima

Bookstore Customer

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