Shining Boy & Little Randy

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.

• Release date
• September 23, 2005
• Runtime
• 113 min
• Genres
• Romance, Family, Drama
• Director
• Shunsaku Kawake

Cast

Yuya Yagira Tetsumu Ogawa Takako Tokiwa Sario Ogawa Katsumi Takahashi Kosuke Ogawa Yu Aoi Emi Murakami Mitsuko Baisho Asako Fujisawa Kazuyuki Aijima Tetsuya Takeda Takehiko Ono Shinsuke Iwamoto