Cast Member: Mikako Ichikawa

‘Be With You’ is a Japanese drama that is easy to appreciate on the surface as it is a well-made, well-acted work that skilfully tells a story without ever getting side-tracked in needless sub-plots.

Beneath the simple premise is a dissection of friendship and finding one’s place in society that is about as good as cinema has ever shown.

Not sure what it wants to be, the latest Japanese production of their beloved property is not the triumphant return some had hoped.