Dreaming Awake

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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.

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Cast

Hiroyuki Nagato actor

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Ineko Arima actor

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Yoshio Inoue actor Rie Miyazawa actor Masatoshi Nagase actor Tadanobu Asano actor

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Takako Uehara actor

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Kaori Momoi actor Seijun Suzuki actor

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Shingo Katsurayama actor

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Erika Oda actor

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Ichirō Ogura actor Kazuya Takahashi actor

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Ginpachi Ginza actor