Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre

Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre

2019 · 111 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, Family

What was once a superlative varsity baseball coach is now a jaded middle-aged man. He and a former student meet and the older man discovers that his now married pupil is afflicted with terminal cancer. Full of regrets of how he once treated the student the man ponders how to make it up to the man whom he once coached

Directed by Atsushi Kaneshige · Written by Atsushi Kaneshige

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Shinichi Tsutsumi Takashi Obuchi
Yuya Yagira Tomoyuki Saito
Rina Kawaei Yukino Saito
Midoriko Kimura Tomomi Saito
Ryo Ryusei Keigo Wada
Yumi Aso Yoko Obuchi
Ryo Sato Obuchi Sachi
Kazuki Horike
Jun Muto Young Wada Keigo

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