To Walk Beside You - 2009

A 17-year-old country boy named Norio decides his only option is to follow his late parents’ example and commit suicide. After failing even at that, his 34-year-old English teacher Akemi convinces him that he should instead move to Tokyo with her and become a lawyer on her dime. Unfortunately, Akemi doesn’t have quite as much money as she leads Norio to believe, and has to secretly get a job at a karaoke bar under the guise of “going to the salon”. Meanwhile, she continuously prods her somewhat dimwitted student to work harder toward her manufactured goal of him becoming a lawyer. Although Norio is falling in love with Akemi, he’s not all that interested in studying, and matters only get worse when he discovers his benefactor’s secret source of income.

90min
2009
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.1/10

Cast

Maki Meguro profile pictureMaki MeguroAkemi Tanaka
Ryu Morioka profile pictureRyu MoriokaNorio Saeki
Ayako Yoshitani profile pictureAyako YoshitaniMegumi Ichinose
Tomoya Maeno profile pictureTomoya MaenoTaketomo

About To Walk Beside You

To Walk Beside You Overview

A 17-year-old country boy named Norio decides his only option is to follow his late parents’ example and commit suicide. After failing even at that, his 34-year-old English teacher Akemi convinces him that he should instead move to Tokyo with her and become a lawyer on her dime. Unfortunately, Akemi doesn’t have quite as much money as she leads Norio to believe, and has to secretly get a job at a karaoke bar under the guise of “going to the salon”. Meanwhile, she continuously prods her somewhat dimwitted student to work harder toward her manufactured goal of him becoming a lawyer. Although Norio is falling in love with Akemi, he’s not all that interested in studying, and matters only get worse when he discovers his benefactor’s secret source of income.

Runtime: 90min

Extra details

Original Title: 君と歩こう
Original Language: Japanese
Directed By: Yuya Ishii