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The Idiot’s Back

20191h 7mMovieDrama

Shun and Yuki are getting married soon and live in a rundown share house, with neighbors including a Chinese student. Kiyoko, Shun’s ex-girlfriend, shows up and starts living in the house and he begins to suffer from pressure and despair.

DirectorSho Fujimoto

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Cast · Directed by Sho Fujimoto

YH
Yuya Honjo
NHNanami Hatokawa
Nanami Hatokawa

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