is a biography based on the Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto's life. The movie was first broadcast on TV Tokyo on August 21, 2005 as a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Sakamoto's death. Plot summary The movie follows Sakamoto's life from being 3 years old to a teenager and finally a family father. The plot focuses on many well known things about his life such as the background of the popular song "Sukiyaki" (J: "Ue o muite arukō") and his death in the Japan Airlines Flight 123 plane crash in 1985. It also brings up some more obscure aspects such as surviving a car accident, how he met his wife Yukiko Kashiwagi as well as his time in the Japanese band Paradise King. Cast Tatsuya Yamaguchi - Kyu Sakamoto (Adult) Watanabe Takuto - Kyu Sakamoto (Boy) Rie Tomosaka - Yukiko Kashiwagi Ikko Furuya - Yutaka Sakamoto (Kyus father) Kumiko Okae - Iku Sakamoto (Kyus mother) Akira Saitō - Seri Oshima (Kyus grandmother) See also Kyu Sakamoto Yukiko Kashiwagi Hanako Oshima External links Japanese television films Films with screenplays by James Miki 2000s Japanese films