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Dearest

6.720121h 51mMovieDrama

The posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her hometown. Eiji also learns that his wife letter for him at the post office before she died.

DirectorYasuo Furuhata
WriterTakeshi Aoshima
ProducersYoshihiro Sato·Jun'ichi Shindô

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Cast · Directed by Yasuo Furuhata

KTKen Takakura
Ken Takakura
Eiji Shimakura
YTYuko Tanaka
Yuko Tanaka
Yoko Shimakura
KSKoichi Sato
Koichi Sato
Nanbara
TKTsuyoshi Kusanagi
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Yûji Tamiya
KYKimiko Yo
Kimiko Yo
Tamiko Hamasaki
HAHaruka Ayase
Haruka Ayase
Naoko Hamasaki
TKTakeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Teruo Sugino
TATadanobu Asano
Tadanobu Asano
Policeman
MHMieko Harada
Mieko Harada
Kumiko Tsukamoto
KNKyōzō Nagatsuka
Kyōzō Nagatsuka
Kazuo Tsukamoto
TOTakashi Okamura
Takashi Okamura
HŌHideji Ōtaki
Hideji Ōtaki
Gorô Ôura

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