I — Dreams Character Profile

About I

A discharged Japanese company commander returning home after WWII. He encounters the ghost of his fallen soldier, Pvt. Noguchi, and later his entire dead platoon marching out of a tunnel, forcing him to confront his guilt over sending them into a futile battle.

I — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Akira Terao

Appears in

Dreams (1990)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (7)

• I — Social Fellow Traveler — Mother carrying child (Toshie Negishi)

  A woman carrying a child who meets the protagonist in dreams

• I — Narrative Wise Guide — Old Man (Chishū Ryū)

  An elderly figure who offers wisdom to the protagonist

• I — Conflict Supernatural Adversary — Crying Demon (Chosuke Ikariya)

  A crying demon that confronts the protagonist in dreams

• I — Narrative Supernatural Guide — The Snow Fairy (Mieko Harada)

  A mystical figure who guides the protagonist in dreams

• I — Temporal Child Self — Child I (Toshihiko Nakano)

  The protagonist encounters his childhood self in dreams

• I — Temporal Past Self — Young I (Mitsunori Isaki)

  The protagonist encounters his younger self in dreams

• I — Family Mother — Mother of 'I' (Mitsuko Baisho)

  The protagonist's mother who appears in several dreams

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• Young I (Mitsunori Isaki)
• Nuclear Plant Worker (Hisashi Igawa)
• Second Lieutenant (Tetsuo Yamashita)
• Child I (Toshihiko Nakano)
• Woman in the Fields (Catherine Cadou)
• Member of Climbing Team (Shû Nakajima)
• 'I's Sister (Mieko Suzuki)
• Peach Trees' Fairy (Misato Tate)