Heavenly Forest

Oct 28, 2006

1h 56m

★ 7.6

Overview

Amateur photographer Makoto and the homely but endearing Shizuru meet during their university entrance ceremony and become instant friends. Shy by nature, Makoto finds himself opening up around Shizuru, who is secretly in love with him.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Avex Entertainment

IMJ Entertainment

Shogakukan

SKY Perfect Well Think

Studio Swan

Toei Company

Heavenly Forest Trailers

Cast

Makoto Segawa

Hiroshi Tamaki

Shizuru Satonaka

Aoi Miyazaki

Miyuki Toyama

Meisa Kuroki

Ryo Shirohama

Munetaka Aoki

Kyohei Sekiguchi

Keisuke Koide

Yûya Ogawa

Yuka Yaguchi

Asae Oonishi

Saki Inoue

Misa Uehara

Pharmacy Owner

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Osamu Kasai

Kobayashi Susumu

Saori Ban

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