[KineJapan] Yoshio in Aruitemo aruitemo

[Alexander Jacoby]

Dear all,

Can anyone name the actor who plays Yoshio in Koreeda's Aruitemo aruitemo /
Still Walking? It's a small but vital role - the boy who elder son Junpei
saved at the cost of his own life. In the film, where he features in one
scene around the halfway mark (starting 58 minutes in), he has become a
lumpish and unprepossessing 25-year-old.

No copy of the cast list I've found online in English or Japanese seems to
include him. The minor cast members are listed but not associated with
characters and none that I've Googled seem the right age. The end credits
in the film list the actors only, not the character names. The matter is
further complicated by the fact that one of the lead actors is also a
Yoshio [Harada], making English-language Google searches ambiguous, and I
haven't yet found a Japanese-language plot summary that mentions the
character Yoshio by name so don't know what kanji are used for him!

Any help gratefully received!

Best,


ALEX JACOBY
(Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Oxford Brookes University)
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