

Wood Job!
2014-05-10 · 116 min · ★ 7.4
After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.
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- Directors
- Shinobu Yaguchi
- Production companies
- TBS, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Nikkatsu Corporation, TOHO, Tokuma Shoten, MBS, CBC, Django Film, Hokkaido Broadcasting, The Asahi Shimbun, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation, Tohoku Broadcasting, Shizuoka Broadcasting System, Chugoku Broadcasting
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Shota SometaniYuki Hirano
Masami NagasawaNaoki Ishii
Hideaki ItoYoki Iida
YûkaMiki Iida
Naomi NishidaYuko Nakamura
Makita SportsIwao Tanabe
Masashi ArifukuSaburo Oyama
Yoshimasa KondoForestry Association Director
Ken MitsuishiSeiichi Nakamura
Akira EmotoToshiro Yamane
Nana SeinoReina Takahashi
Yuki FurukawaShoji Hasegawa
Daikichi SugawaraYuki's Father
Yuriko HirookaYuki's Mother
Ken AokiChikara Naito
Yoji TanakaInstuctor
Shunpei KawagoshiShimizu
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