Marathon (2007)
Remake of the 2005 South Korean movie "Marathon", this special is about an autistic boy guided by his mother and his coach in training for a marathon.
Top billed cast
Kazunari NinomiyaShôtarô Miyata
Takashi NaitoNobuaki Miyata
Misako TanakaHarue Miyata
Masahiro MatsuokaYoji Noguchi
Sachiko SakuraiSanae Okamura- Fumiki YoshikawaShôtarô Miyata (young)
Akio Kaneda
Hajime Yamazaki
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