| Atsushi Itô | ... | Michio Yanagida | |
| Sora Tôma | ... | Yasuo Ito | |
| Teruyuki Kagawa | ... | Seino | |
| Ryoko Takizawa | ... | Satomi | |
| Ken Mitsuishi | ... | Michio's Uncle | |
| Reita Serizawa | ... | Tanaka | |
| Jun Kunimura | ... | Michio's Father | |
| Shigeru Izumiya | ... | Kiba | |
| Kihachi Okamoto | ... | School Head | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kae Minami | |||
| Osamu Shigematu | ... | Doctor | |
Directed by | |||
| Akira Ogata | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Kenji Aoki | ||
Produced by | |||
| Motoki Ishida | .... | line producer | |
| Takenori Sentô | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Shinichirô Ikebe | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Masami Inomoto | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Shûichi Kakesu | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Hidefumi Hanatani | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Masaji Hosoi | .... | sound | |
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I enjoyed watching this film from Japan (with English subtitles). It was one of the first foreign films I have seen with a good plot and storyline. It didn't begin a scene and then skip to something that didn't seem to have anything to do with the first scene. A young teen's father dies, and he is sent to an orphanage. He enters a world that he is not accustomed to. This is a good film to watch. A lot of genuine emotions come from it, as the story unfolds. The acting was very good, and the main characters were well-defined. It was a good portrayal of those things that happen in life: hopes and dreams that may or may not come true.