Be With You
Be With You (いま、会いにゆきます Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu, 2004), is a Japanese drama movie, directed by Nobuhiro Doi. It was adapted to sceen by Yoshikazu Okada from a novel of Takuji Ichikawa.
Cast
- Yūko Takeuchi – Mio Aio (秋穂澪)
- Shido Nakamura – Takumi Aio (Aio Takumi 秋穂巧)
- Akashi Takei (武井証) [1] – 6 year old Yuji Aio (秋穂佑司)
- Karen Miyama – Aya (Yuji’s classmate)
- Yosuke Asari (浅利陽介) [2] – Takumi (high school days)
- Yuuta Hiraoka (平岡祐太) [3] – Yuji (18 years old)
- Chihiro Otsuka – Mio (high school days)
- Mikako Ichikawa – Midori Nagase (永瀬みどり) (Takumi’s co-worker)
Synopsis
Japan’s no. 1 actress, the charming Takeuchi Yuko (The Ring, Yomigaeri Resurrection) portrays the tragically deceased Mio. Her husband Takumi (Nakamura Shidou) and his 6-year old son Yuji (Takei Akashi) try to make the best out of this unfortunate circumstance living each day in silent remembrance of the beautiful days they cherished together with Mio as they desperately cling on to her final words, a promise that she will return on a rainy day. Exactly one year after Mio left them Yuji and his father observe a strangely familiar woman walking out from the pouring rain…