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Where The Legend Lives

Where The Legend Lives

2008•1h 58m•6.0/10
Drama

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6.0/10(4)

Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the ancient country of Yamatai. His obsession sprouted from a day when he discovered ancient ceramics while repairing railroad tracks. Now completely blind, Kohei relies on his wife (Sayuri Yoshinaga) to guide him through the country and read the maps in their pursuit of Yamatai.

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Production

Toei Tokyo, Office Crescendo, Toei Company, Kinoshita Komuten, Kaga Electronics, TV Asahi, dentsu, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, T. Y. Limited, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Toei Video Company, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, THE NISHINIPPON SHIMBUN, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, Hiroshima Home Television, Hochi Shimbunsha, The Niigata Television Network 21, Nagasaki Culture Telecasting, Nagasaki Culture Telecasting, Higashi Nippon Broadcasting

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Yosuke Kubozuka

Yosuke Kubozuka

Toru Kazama

Toru Kazama

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Tomoka Kurotani

Tomoka Kurotani

Yumi Aso

Yumi Aso

Kanako Yanagihara

Mansaku Fuwa

Mansaku Fuwa

Atsushi Ônita

Atsushi Ônita

Karen Miyazaki

Karen Miyazaki

Nobuto Okamoto

Ichirō Ogura

Ichirō Ogura

Arata Saeki

Arata Saeki

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Yuki Saori

Yuki Saori

Tohru Emori

Tohru Emori

Bengal

Bengal

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