Birthday Wishes (2016)
Original title: バースデーカード
Birthday Wishes is a 2016 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yasuhiro Yoshida, with a running time of 2h 3m. It stars Ai Hashimoto, Aoi Miyazaki and Yusuke Santamaria.
Although her mother died when she was ten, Noriko still receives yearly birthday cards from her. Her life gets complicated as she grows older but she still finds comfort in her mother's messages.
Cast
- Ai Hashimoto as Noriko
- Aoi Miyazaki as Yoshie
- Yusuke Santamaria as Soichiro
- Kenta Suga as Masao
- Aoi Nakamura as Jun Tateishi
- Momone Shinokawa as Noriko 9-12 Years-old
- Shosuke Tanihara as Shosuke Tanihara
- Yoriko Doguchi as Mitsuyo
- Tae Kimura as Saori Ishii
- Chise Niitsu as Noriko 4 Years-old
- Hinano Nakamura as Noriko 13-14 Years-old
- Tamae Ando as Yoshie's Former High School Classmate