The Lion Standing in the Wind

(2015)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 10 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2015

Runtime: 139 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 三池崇史

Cast: Такао Осава, 石原さとみ, Йоко Маки, Масато Хагивара, 鈴木亮平, 藤谷文子, 山崎一, Рэндзи Исибаси, Хонока Мацумото, Junya Maki

Plot

Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles with nurses and colleagues at the hospital. Koichiro Shimada then encounters a boy soldier severely wounded mentally. This changes Koichiro Shimada’s fate.