The Lion Standing in the Wind (2015)
Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles with nurses and colleagues at the hospital. Koichiro Shimada then encounters a boy soldier severely wounded mentally. This changes Koichiro Shimada’s fate.
- Released
- 2015-03-14
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Takashi Miike
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Takao Osawa as Koichiro Shimada
- Satomi Ishihara as Wakako Kusano
- Yoko Maki as Takako Akishima
- Masato Hagiwara as Katsuhiko Aoki
- Ryohei Suzuki as Taro Tagami
- Ayako Fujitani as Satoko Kojima
- Hajime Yamazaki as Seiichi Akijima
- Renji Ishibashi as Masayuki Murakami
- Honoka Matsumoto as Satoko Kojima (young)
- Junya Maki as Koichiro Shimada (child)
- Patrick Oketch as Afundi
- Nick Reding as White Doctor #1