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Tetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with elephants. This prompts him to leave for Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man. He returns to Japan with the dream of building a green "paradise" for his ivory-tusked friends. Meanwhile, he starts a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows. He meets Emi, a woman seven years his senior and falls in love.Read moreLess
Tetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with elephants. This prompts him to leave for Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man. He returns to Japan with the dream of building a green "paradise" for his ivory-tusked friends. Meanwhile, he starts a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows. He meets Emi, a woman seven years his senior and falls in love.
The story
Tetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with elephants. This prompts him to leave for Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man. He returns to Japan with the dream of building a green "paradise" for his ivory-tusked friends. Meanwhile, he starts a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows. He meets Emi, a woman seven years his senior and falls in love.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Yuya YagiraTetsumu Ogawa
Takako TokiwaSario Ogawa
Katsumi TakahashiKosuke Ogawa
Yu AoiEmi Murakami
Mitsuko BaishoAsako Fujisawa
Kazuyuki AijimaCast
Tetsuya TakedaCast
Takehiko OnoShinsuke Iwamoto
Natsuki OkamotoCast
Jaran PetcharoenMahout
Brother TomCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Shunsaku Kawake
- Screenplay
- Sumio Ōmori
- Producer
- Hiroyoshi Koiwai
- Editor
- Hideyuki Ochiai
- Director of Photography
- Hiroshi Takase
- Original Music Composer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Editor
- Hideyuki Ochiai