Capturing Dad

Feb 16, 2013

1h 14m

★ 6.3

Overview

Part-time worker Hazuki lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu, and their mother Sawa. One day they receive word that their estranged father is on his deathbed, so Sawa asks Hazuki and Koharu to visit him and take one last photo to remember him by.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Hiyoshigaoka Pictures

Pictures Network

Capturing Dad Trailers

Cast

Sawa

Makiko Watanabe

Hazuki

Elisa Yanagi

Koharu

Nanoka Matsubara

Masataka

Satoshi Nikaido

Tetsuji

Kenichi Takitoh

Chihiro

Kaito Kobayashi

Akiko Hoshino

Tomokoi Kimura

Kagetora Miura

Yushi Ozawa

Shohei Uno

Hiromi Hakoki

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