Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

2004•2h 18m•7.3/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(53)

While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.

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Production

Toho Pictures, TOHO, TBS, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Shogakukan, Stardust Pictures, MBS, TOHO Studios, Toho Eizo Bijutsu

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Takao Osawa

Takao Osawa

Sakutaro Matsumoto

Ko Shibasaki

Ko Shibasaki

Ritsuko Fujimura

Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Aki Hirose

Mirai Moriyama

Mirai Moriyama

Young Sakutaro Matsumoto

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Shigezou Matsumoto

Kankuro Kudo

Kankuro Kudo

Ryunosuke Oki

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Johnny

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Young Ryunosuke

Rio Kanno

Rio Kanno

Young Ritsuko

Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Aki's Father

Katsutaka Furuhata

Katsutaka Furuhata

Young Johnny

Yuki Amami

Yuki Amami

Sakutaro's Boss

Machiko Ono

Machiko Ono

Sakutaro's Older Sister

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Airport Boarding Counter Employee

Masaru Miyazaki

Masaru Miyazaki

Kawano

Magi

Magi

Home Appliance Store Clerk

Kazusa Matsuda

Yuko Nakagawa

Dandy Sakano

Dandy Sakano

English Teacher

Masahiro Noguchi

Masahiro Noguchi

Airport Employee

Aki Nishihara

Aki Nishihara

Class President

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