Dreaming Awake (夢のまにまに) 16 years old

Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his students, Daisuke. The brash, headstrong young man is fixated on with the Second World War. He feels a sense of frustration at the irrational sacrifice of young people's lives during the war six decades earlier. Daisuke finds that he can vent his frustrations to Kimuro, who experienced the war firsthand. Kimuro's wife, Emiko, is also troubled by memories of the war. She lost a loved one in the war and has never gotten over it. And Kimuro himself also has something from the past that he has yet to face. He believes that the burden of his unresolved past will eventually be the death of him. When Daisuke's neurosis causes him to quit school, life changes for all three of them.

Credits

Dreaming Awake Cast

Name Character
Tadanobu Asano He was 34, now 51 years old
Seijun Suzuki He was 85, 93 years old when he died
Masatoshi Nagase He was 42, now 58 years old
Erika Oda She was 29, now 45 years old
Hiroyuki Nagato He was 74, 77 years old when he died
Rie Miyazawa She was 35, now 51 years old
Ineko Arima She was 76, now 92 years old
Ichirô Ogura He was 56, now 73 years old
Kazuya Takahashi He was 39, now 55 years old
Kaori Momoi She was 56, now 72 years old
Shingo Katsurayama He was 36, now 52 years old

Dreaming Awake Crew

Name Department
Takeo Kimura as Director. He was 90 (91) years old when He died Directing
Dreaming Awake (16 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, October 18, 2008
  • Runtime: 106 minutes