The Lion Standing in the Wind

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.

• Takashi MiikeDirector
• Hiroshi SaitoWriter
• Koji EndoOriginal Music Composer

• Takao OsawaKoichiro Shimada
• Satomi IshiharaWakako Kusano
• Yoko MakiTakako Akishima
• Masato HagiwaraKatsuhiko Aoki
• Ryohei SuzukiTaro Tagami
• Ayako FujitaniSatoko Kojima
• Hajime YamazakiSeiichi Akijima
• Renji IshibashiMasayuki Murakami
• Honoka MatsumotoSatoko Kojima (young)
• Junya MakiKoichiro Shimada (child)
• Patrick OketchAfundi
• Nick RedingWhite Doctor #1