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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

YMYasuko Matsuyuki
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Takakura Youko
ISIkki Sawamura
Ikki Sawamura
Takakura Masaki
RRyo
Ryo
Aida Harumi
MAMikihisa Azuma
Mikihisa Azuma
Iwasaki Kensuke
IKIttoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe
Gotou Yoshitaka
TTTomoko Tabata
Tomoko Tabata
Gotou Aki
MNMasahiko Nishimura
Masahiko Nishimura
Miyashita Kouhei
YSYumi Shirakawa
Yumi Shirakawa
Takakura Hiroko
AKAkiko Kinouchi
Akiko Kinouchi
Takamatsu Hitomi

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