I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair (2012)

8.0/10 120 min Drama

Overview

(I will Soar to the Skies in my Wheelchair ) Hasebe Yasuyuki is living his life carelessly alone in his apartment, until one day, he jumps from the top of a building escaping a street gang and injures his spinal cord. And the doctor tells him that he can't walk anymore. His mother, Haruko, hurries to the hospital for her son, however Yasuyuki is on bad terms with her, so he asks her to leave him alone. There he meets an ill kid in the hospital named Ishii Daisuke who is living his life positively, and the store staff Katou Kumi, who always smiles even though she had a sad past. He gains confidence and decides to start his rehabilitation. After Yasuyuki is discharged from the hospital, he starts relying on everybody everywhere, so he falls into despair and starts thinking of committing suicide seeing no future for himself.

Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya

Hasebe Yasuyuki

Aya Ueto

Kato Kumi

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sayama Takehiro

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hasebe Haruko

Fuku Suzuki

Ishii Daisuke

Yūsuke Iseya

Minami Hideaki

Miho Kanazawa

Ebata Minori

Ken Yasuda

Naoya Komiyama

Wataru Ichinose

Eito Suda

Hasebe Yasuyuki (Child)

Masashi Arifuku

Taijirō Tamura

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