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Circumstances

20112h 3mMovieCrimeDrama

Youko and Harumi have been friends since youth as their life circumstances were similar. Youko ends up marrying a politician and publishes a successful picture book basen on Harumi's life, when her son suddenly gets abducted.

DirectorSetsuro Wakamatsu
WriterMasao Yajima
ProducerYoshihiro Fukazawa

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Cast · Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu

Yasuko Matsuyuki
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Takakura Youko
Ikki Sawamura
Ikki Sawamura
Takakura Masaki
Ryo
Ryo
Aida Harumi
Mikihisa Azuma
Mikihisa Azuma
Iwasaki Kensuke
Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe
Gotou Yoshitaka
Tomoko Tabata
Tomoko Tabata
Gotou Aki
Masahiko Nishimura
Masahiko Nishimura
Miyashita Kouhei
Yumi Shirakawa
Yumi Shirakawa
Takakura Hiroko
Akiko Kinouchi
Akiko Kinouchi
Takamatsu Hitomi

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