title: The Pearls of the Stone Man
text: # The Pearls of the Stone Man
  
  The Pearls of the Stone Man (愛を積むひと, Ai o Tsumu Hito) is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Yūzō Asahara [ja]. It was released on June 20, 2015. The film is an adaptation based on a novel by the same name written by Edward Mooney, Jr., and published by Sourcebooks (Naperville, Illinois). The Japanese translation is entitled Ishi o Tsumu Hito (石を積むひと), from Shogakukan.
  
  Atsushi (Koichi Sato) and Ryoko (Kanako Higuchi) are a married coupled. They decide they want to live around nature and move to Biei in Hokkaido, Japan. Atsushi isn't sure what to do with his free time, so Ryoko asks him to build a stone wall around their house. Atsushi experiences tragedy, but later gets closer to his estranged daughter, Satoko (Keiko Kitagawa). Atsushi continues building the stone wall.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Kōichi Satō
  * Kanako Higuchi
  * Keiko Kitagawa
  * Shūhei Nomura
  * Hana Sugisaki
  * Hiroyuki Morisaki [ja]
  * Kenta Satoi
  * Yoshinori Okada
  * Yō Yoshida
  * Akira Emoto
  
  ## Reception
  
  Hana Sugisaki won the award for Best Newcomer at the 37th Yokohama Film Festival for The Pearls of the Stone Man and Pieta in the Toilet.
  
  Kanako Higuchi won the Best Actress award at the 40th annual Brussels International Film Festival for The Pearls of the Stone Man.
  
  