Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.
Yuko Takeuchi
Shoko / Natsuko
Tetsuji Tamayama
Kenta
Karina
Yui
Hirofumi Arai
Satoshi
Koji Ohkura
Maru
Yoichiro Saito
Sentaro
Ayumu Saito
Concert Manager
Kazuko Kato
Taeko Nagase
Morio Agata
Ikuro Nagase
Toshie Negishi
Ota
Heaven's Bookstore is a drama, romance film released in 2004. Directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, it stars Yuko Takeuchi, Tetsuji Tamayama, Karina. Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.
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