Movie: Godai - The Wunderkind

Top 10 Billed Cast

Haruma Miura
三浦春馬

Tomoatsu Godai

Shohei Miura
三浦翔平

Ryoma Sakamoto

Takanori Nishikawa
西川貴教

Yataro Iwasaki

Yuki Morinaga
森永悠希

Hirobumi Ito

Aoi Morikawa
森川葵

Haru

Misako Renbutsu
蓮佛美沙子

Toyoko Godai

Katsuhisa Namase
生瀬勝久

Hidetaka Godai

Mariko Tsutsui
筒井真理子

Yasu Godai

Yuuki Yagi
Yuuki Yagi

Kiku

Rino Katase
かたせ梨乃

Brothel madam

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    天外者

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    A biographical story of Tomoatsu Godai, the influential entrepreneur of the Meiji era who laid the foundation of the modern Japanese economy.

  • Release Date

    2020-12-11

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    7.4

  • Rating:

    3.7 starts
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    日本語
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