Don't Lose Heart
2013, Japanese. Directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa.
Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first collection of poems "Kujikenaide" (″Don't lose heart″) in 2009, which sold over 1.5 million copies.
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Yoshihiro FukagawaDirector
- Kaoru YachigusaToyo Shibata
- Tetsuya TakedaKenichi Shibata
- Ran ItoShizuko
- Rei DanToyo Shibata (young adult)
- Mana AshidaToyo Shibata (child)
- Mizuho SuzukiSadakichi Shibata
- Yusuke KamijiDoctor Kamijo
- Haru KurokiShizuko (young adult)
- Pierre TakiCast
- Ariei UmefuneCast
- Ayaka OnishiCast
- Akiko KuranoCast
Details
- Released
- 16 November 2013
- Original title
- くじけないで
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yoshihiro Fukagawa
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Don't Lose Heart runs 128 minutes (2h 8m).
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Don't Lose Heart isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 November 2013. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Don't Lose Heart?
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Who directed Don't Lose Heart?
Don't Lose Heart (2013) was directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa and stars Kaoru Yachigusa, Tetsuya Takeda, Ran Ito.