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Ue o Muite Arukō: Sakamoto Kyu Monogatari is a film of genre Drama with Rie Tomosaka
Ue o Muite Arukō: Sakamoto Kyu Monogatari (2005)
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Add to a movie listUe o Muite Arukō: Sakamoto Kyu Monogatari/Walking while Looking Up - The Kyu Sakamoto Story (上を向いて歩こう-坂本九物語) is a biography based on the Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto's life. The movie was first broadcast on TV Tokyo on August 21, 2005 as a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Sakamoto's death.
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The movie follows Sakamoto's life from being 3 years old to a teenager and finally a family father.Actors
Rie Tomosaka
(Yukiko Kashiwagi)
Akira Saitō
(Seri Oshima (Kyus grandmother))
Yōko Minamida
Masato Wada (和田正人)
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