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The Lion Standing in the Wind

Where:

Miyagi Prefecture Nagasaki Prefecture 🇰🇪 Kenya

When:

The 1970s The 1980s The 2010s

Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles with nurses and colleagues at the hospital. Koichiro Shimada then encounters a boy soldier severely wounded mentally. This changes Koichiro Shimada’s fate.

Released in 2015 — 139 minutes

Genre:

Drama

Language:

Japanese