Why is it important that Francisco meets Paul Tagaki in the book Breaking through?

What actors and actresses appeared in Chakushin ari - 2003?

The cast of Chakushin ari - 2003 includes: Erena Saeko Shinnosuke Abe Azusa as Ritsuko Yamashita Mia Bradly as Nanako Mizunuma Joe Cappelletti as Oka Sam Carr as Hitomi Noriko Eguchi Kayoko Fujii Minori Fujikura Kazue Fukiishi as Natsumi Konishi Barbara Goodson as Mrs. Nakamura Kaoru Hanaki Atsushi Ida as Kenji Kawai Daisuke Iijima Kumiko Imai Sachiko Isarai Renji Ishibashi as Motomiya Kana Ito Shoichi Kamiya Kosuke Kimoto Yorihito Kinouchi Kiyomi Kobayashi Masanobu Matsuda Akira Matsuda Yutaka Matsushige as Ichiro Fujieda Michael McConnohie as Motomiya Yuna Mikuni Atsuko Murakawa Anna Nagata as Yoko Okazaki Yasuhi Nakamura Yoshiko Noda Megumi Okada Sam Riegel as Kenji Mitsuhiro Sato Stephanie Sheh as Natsumi Konishi Ko Shibasaki as Yumi Nakamura Sena Shimuzu Doug Stone as Masakazu Hirayama Kim Strauss as Fujieda Barae Tagaki Hassei Takano Tetsushi Tanaka Keiko Tomita Mariko Tsutsui as Marie Mizunuma Mika Yagisawa Sakuya Yamada Koji Yazawa Kohei Yoshida