Ainu Mosir

Kanto, 14, a descendant of Japan's indigenous Ainu people, decides to visit a hole in the forest — a path to the other side of the world where dead people live, hoping to see his deceased father.

Cast

Kanto Shimokura

as Kanto

Emi Shimokura

as Emi

Debo Akibe

as Debo

Toko Miura

as Yoshida

Lily Franky

as Okada

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