The film begins with a young man running while muttering over and over again, "Don't-" (Don't let it bring you down), the title of the film. These words are also a passionate message to the audience. A man and a woman, one chasing the other and the other being chased, a young man with a dream to make a film and the other with no time left. The love, desire, and fate of these people are depicted in this bold story. The final scene with "Love Me Tender" in the background is very moving.
Kazuhiro Sano
Kazuya Sawano
Kanako Kishi
Minako
Kôzô Ueda
Shindo
Kôichi Imaizumi
Male sex worker
Ryōma Sano
Ryuma
Kô Kajino
Tomohiro
Kohei Tsusaka
Minako's father
Sano Ryōma
Ryuma
Kensuke Sano
Kensuke
Yasuo Yonezawa
Shindo's subordinate