Film

Naoko

2008 · 2h · Drama · Romance

Running for you

IMDb

6.2

Naoko meets Yusuke while staying on an island for medical treatment. Yusuke's graceful athletic figure captivates her eyes and she falls in love with him. But their relationship is soon broken after Yusuke's father dies while trying to save Naoko from drowning. The memory of Yusuke leads Naoko to the track, and six years later, they meet each other again at a Marathon competition. Naoko decides to become a manager to help Yusuke, a gifted runner, and they embark on training together to heal their sorrows from the past.

Juri Ueno

Naoko Shinomiya

Haruma Miura

Yusuke Iki

Tsurube Shofukutei

Tensen Nishiura

Aimi Satsukawa

Yuki Yoshizawa

Tokio Emoto

Kimiyasu Okuda

Go Ayano

Susumu Kuroda

Soran Tamoto

Yoshizaki

Nanami Fujimoto

Naoko Shinomiya (12 yrs old)

Kaoru Okunuki

Kazuko Iki

Takeshi Sato

Nobuyuki Goto

Yorie Yamashita

Kanako Shinomiya

Ken Mitsuishi

Naoko's father

Kyusaku Shimada

Kazuhito Tomikawa

Rieko Miyamoto

• Tomoyuki FurumayaDirector · Screenplay
• Tamio HayashiScreenplay
• Yôhei NagaoScreenplay
• Nobuhiro SakataWriter
• Yû NakaharaWriter
• Manabu HottaProducer
• Masami InomotoDirector of Photography

Release date

September 18, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h

Rated

ALL

Genres

Drama, Romance