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Why She Won't Marry

9.019901h 35mMovieRomanceDrama

A single mother uses marriage as a business, a way to make money and put food on the table. She regularly patronizes a bar, where she's friendly with the manager, unaware that not only is the man involved with her daughter but he secretly prefers the mother!

DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
WriterRio Kishida
ProducerTakashi Tanabe

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Cast · Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi

KKKeiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
YIYuriko Ishida
Yuriko Ishida
TFToshiya Fujita
Toshiya Fujita
IWIsako Washio
Isako Washio
TNToshiyuki Nagashima
Toshiyuki Nagashima
YHYasufumi Hayashi
Yasufumi Hayashi
TNTomoko Nakajima
Tomoko Nakajima
HIHikari Ishida
Hikari Ishida
TOToshinori Omi
Toshinori Omi
NTNaoto Takenaka
Naoto Takenaka

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