Never Give Up

Director

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  Sato Junya

Screenwriter

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  Takada Koji

Main Role

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  Takakura Ken

  Ajisawa Takeshi

  Main Role
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  Nakano Ryoko

  Ochi Tomoko / Misako

  Main Role
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  Yakushimaru Hiroko

  Nagai Yoriko

  Main Role

Support Role

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  Natsuyagi Isao

  Detective Kitano

  Support Role
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  Tamura Takahiro

  Urakawa Takashi [Pressman]

  Support Role
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  Kondo Hiroshi

  Suzuki

  Support Role
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  Joe Yamanaka

  Yamanaka Akira

  Support Role
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  Tachi Hiroshi

  Ohba Naruaki

  Support Role
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  Suzuki Mizuho

  Kuga [Major general of self defense force]

  Support Role
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  Otaki Hideji

  Nomura [Secretary to the Prime Minister]

  Support Role
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  Hana Hajime

  [Chief of investigation]

  Support Role
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  Tsuji Kazunaga

  Satake [Detective]

  Support Role
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  Nakamaru Tadao

  Takemura [Detective]

  Support Role
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  Watanabe Fumio

  Yoshida

  Support Role
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  Kitamura Kazuo

  Nakagawa [Ajisawa's boss at the insurance company]

  Support Role
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  Harada Daijiro

  Watarai Noboru

  Support Role
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  Natsu Yusuke

  Taoka

  Support Role
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  Sato Orie

  [Yoriko's homeroom teacher]

  Support Role
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  Yamamoto Kei

  Furuhashi [Researcher]

  Support Role
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  Umemiya Tatsuo

  Izaki Akio

  Support Role
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  Narita Mikio

  Nakato Tasuke

  Support Role
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  Kudo Toshizo

  Nakai

  Support Role
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  Kondo Yosuke

  Yoshiyuki Shimaoka

  Support Role
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  Kitabayashi Tanie

  Matsushita Kiyo

  Support Role
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  Taguchi Kei

  [Narrator]

  Support Role

Guest Role

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  Mikuni Rentaro

  Ohba Kazunari

  Guest Role
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  Tanba Tetsuro

  Wada [Lieutenant general of self defense force]

  Guest Role
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  Ashida Shinsuke

  Sakamoto [Minister of defense]

  Guest Role

Bit part

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  Enoki Hyoe

  Kuroi

  Bit part
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  Kuraishi Isao

  Sakura

  Bit part
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  Ichikawa Yoshiro

  Shiraki

  Bit part
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  Ezawa Moeko

  Hiromi

  Bit part
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  Naruse Masataka

  Yasukawa

  Bit part
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  Esumi Eimei

  Nagai Magoichi

  Bit part
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  Noguchi Takashi

  Suetsugu Masao

  Bit part
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  Mikami Shinichiro

  Hasekura Tsuneo

  Bit part
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  Kuwayama Shoichi

  Toyohara Kozaburo

  Bit part
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  Shima Kaori

  Dr. Inoue

  Bit part
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  Kaneko Nobuo

  Mizoguchi [Mayor]

  Bit part
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  Kikuchi Eiichi

  Nemoto [Nakato's underling]

  Bit part
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  Ato Kai

  Hiramatsu [Nakato's underling]

  Bit part
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  Wada Mizuho

  [Man]

  Bit part
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  Nagawa Sadao

  [Doctor]

  Bit part
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  Tankobo Kibaji

  [Farmer]

  Bit part
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  Sato Kazuo

  [Detective]

  Bit part
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  Gonoue Riki

  [Detective]

  Bit part
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  Tanaka Kunie

  [Bartender]

  Bit part
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  Yamamoto Midori

  [Housewife]

  Bit part
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  Tanimura Masahiko

  [Shopkeeper]

  Bit part
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  Terada Minori

  [Guerilla leader]

  Bit part
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  Nanjo Tatsuya

  [Guerilla fighter]

  Bit part
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  Ichikawa Chieko

  [Inn proprietess]

  Bit part
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  Tonoyama Taiji

  [Food stall owner]

  Bit part
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  Takahashi Toshimichi

  [Special forces soldier]

  Bit part
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  Kadokawa Haruki

  [Self defense force captain]

  Bit part
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  Katsuno Kenzo

  [Signal soldier]

  Bit part

Unknown

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  Harada Riki Unknown
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  Arai Kazuo Unknown
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  Oba Jun Unknown
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  Yamada Koichi Unknown
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  Ito Heizan

  Iwamoto Takeshi

  Unknown