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Overview

A recent accident has left Satoru Iwamoto, an elementary school student, temporarily needing a wheelchair. In addition, the recent loss of his mother has thrown Satoru into a reclusive state, locking himself from the outside world. However, in an effort to help Satoru recover from his injuries, his father, Kaoru, has designed a remote-controlled robot that will go to school in his place and allow him to interact with people and do normal things. The robot, "piloted" by Satoru from a large control terminal in his room, is nicknamed 'Hinokio' by his classmates. Hinokio is mostly admired by his fellow students, and they together start a generally normal year of school. But the story soon dwells more on Satoru, himself, as he rediscovers love and friendship through classmate Jun Kudo and also his own father.

Cast

* Masatoshi Nakamura - Kaoru Iwamoto *

Kanata Hongō is a Japanese actor. He is part of Stardust Promotion and has appeared several times in music videos, movies, TV series, and magazines. His major breakthrough role was as Ryoma Echizen in the live-action film adaptation of ''The Prince of T ...

- Satoru Iwamoto *

- Jun Kudo * Maki Horikita - Eriko Akishima * Ryoko Kobayashi - Sumire Takasaka * Yuta Murakami - Jouichi Hosono *

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- Kenta Hirari * Sachie Hara - Natsuko Fubuki *

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- Yuko Sakagami * Mieko Harada - Sayuri Iwamoto

Theme song

* Yui - " Tomorrow's Way"

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* 2005 films Japanese robot films Shochiku films 2005 science fiction films 2000s Japanese films 2000s Japanese-language films Films scored by Akira Senju Films about disability in Japan Films about father–son relationships Middle school films Films about grief {{2000s-sf-film-stub