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Dear Family

Dear Family

20247.90

Overview

Nobumasa Tsuboi (Yo Oizumi) runs a small factory in a small town. He has a daughter Yoshimi Tsuboi (Riko Fukumoto) who suffers from a congenital heart disease. A doctor tells Nobumasa Tsuboi that his daughter will only live for about 10 more years. Nobumasa Tsuboi is devastated that his daughter won't live past the ago of 20. Nobumasa Tsuboi and his wife Yoko Tsuboi (Miho Kanno) cannot accept the diagnosis. Even though he has no medical knowledge or experience, Nobumasa Tsuboi begins to study about artificial hearts.

Directed by Sho Tsukikawa
Written by Tamio Hayashi
Produced by Yoshihiro Kubota
Box Office0Revenue: $8.5M

Top Cast

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

Tsuboi Nobumasa

Miho Kanno

Miho Kanno

Tsuboi Yoko

Riko Fukumoto

Riko Fukumoto

Tsuboi Yoshimi

Rina Kawaei

Rina Kawaei

Tsuboi Nami

Miu Arai

Miu Arai

Tsuboi Sumi

Shuhei Uesugi

Shuhei Uesugi

Sasaki Hajime

Eri Tokunaga

Eri Tokunaga

Yanagi Reiko

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Sakurada Jun

Naho Toda

Naho Toda

Kawano Yuki

Kasumi Arimura

Kasumi Arimura

Yamamoto Yuko

Themes & Keywords

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About Dear Family

Dear Family is a drama, family film released in 2024 exploring themes of based on novel or book, inventor, death in family. Directed by Sho Tsukikawa, it stars Yo Oizumi, Miho Kanno, Riko Fukumoto. Nobumasa Tsuboi (Yo Oizumi) runs a small factory in a small town. He has a daughter Yoshimi Tsuboi (Riko Fukumoto) who suffers from a congenital heart disease. A doctor tells Nobumasa Tsuboi that his daughter will only live for about 10 more years. Nobumasa Tsuboi is devastated that his daughter won't live past the ago of 20. Nobumasa Tsuboi and his wife Yoko Tsuboi (Miho Kanno) cannot accept the diagnosis. Even though he has no medical knowledge or experience, Nobumasa Tsuboi begins to study about artificial hearts.

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