A Living Promise
2016, Japanese. Directed by Kan Ishibashi.
Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on expanding his company. He receives a phone call from his former co-worker and friend Kouhei, but Kouhei doesn't say anything. Yuma gets the sense that something is wrong and heads to Kouhei's hometown of Shinminato, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. In Shinminato, Yuma meets other people and becomes involved in the Shinminato Hikiyama Festival. His outlook on life begins to change.
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Kan IshibashiDirector
- Yutaka TakenouchiYuma Nakahara
- Yosuke EguchiTetsuya Watanabe
- Tori MatsuzakaTakuya Sawai
- YûkaYukiko Ohba
- Eiko KoikeSayuri Fujioka
- Hikaru TakahashiHitomi Watanabe
- Jun MihoMiki Togashi
- Mikako IchikawaMiyako Watanabe
- Shinosuke TatekawaDr. Yosuke Kondo
- Shigeru MuroiYoshiko
- Akira EmotoZenzo Takeda
- Takeshi KitanoDetective Koichiro Iwase
Details
- Released
- 9 January 2016
- Original title
- 人生の約束
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Masahiro Yoshimoto
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A Living Promise runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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A Living Promise isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 January 2016. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Living Promise?
A Living Promise (2016) was directed by Kan Ishibashi and stars Yutaka Takenouchi, Yosuke Eguchi, Tori Matsuzaka.