Dreaming Awake

Overview

Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his students, Daisuke. The brash, headstrong young man is fixated on with the Second World War. He feels a sense of frustration at the irrational sacrifice of young people's lives during the war six decades earlier. Daisuke finds that he can vent his frustrations to Kimuro, who experienced the war firsthand. Kimuro's wife, Emiko, is also troubled by memories of the war. She lost a loved one in the war and has never gotten over it. And Kimuro himself also has something from the past that he has yet to face. He believes that the burden of his unresolved past will eventually be the death of him. When Daisuke's neurosis causes him to quit school, life changes for all three of them.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 18, 2008

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Rie Miyazawa,Kaori Momoi,Tadanobu Asano,Seijun Suzuki,Erika Oda,Kazuya Takahashi,Ako,Masatoshi Nagase,Shingo Katsurayama,Ichirō Oguraand 5 more

Director

Takeo Kimura

Writer

Hideki Yamada,Takeo Kimura,Masayoshi Azuma

Cinematography

Kazuhiro Shirao

Music

Jun Kawabata

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1308183