Don't Lose Heart

Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first collection of poems "Kujikenaide" (″Don't lose heart″) in 2009, which sold over 1.5 million copies.

Cast

Kaoru Yachigusa

Toyo Shibata

Tetsuya Takeda

Kenichi Shibata

Ran Ito

Shizuko

Rei Dan

Toyo Shibata (young adult)

Mana Ashida

Toyo Shibata (child)

Mizuho Suzuki

Sadakichi Shibata

Yusuke Kamiji

Doctor Kamijo

Haru Kuroki

Shizuko (young adult)

Pierre Taki