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To Walk Beside You

4.520091h 30mMovieDrama

A 17-year-old country boy named Norio decides his only option is to follow his late parents’ example and commit suicide. After failing even at that, his 34-year-old English teacher Akemi convinces him that he should instead move to Tokyo…

DirectorYuya Ishii
WriterYuya Ishii
ProducerMotoo Kawabata

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Cast · Directed by Yuya Ishii

MMMaki Meguro
Maki Meguro
Akemi Tanaka
RMRyu Morioka
Ryu Morioka
Norio Saeki
AYAyako Yoshitani
Ayako Yoshitani
Megumi Ichinose
SW
Shunta Watanabe
Yasutaro
SK
Sachiko Katsumata
Yasuyo
MNMukau Nakamura
Mukau Nakamura
Yasutaka
TMTomoya Maeno
Tomoya Maeno
Taketomo
TFToshiki Fujikawa
Toshiki Fujikawa
KR
Kanehiro Ri

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To Walk Beside You hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 6, 2009. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.