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Preparation for the Festival

5.419751h 57mMovieDrama

Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.

DirectorKazuo Kuroki
WriterTakehiro Nakajima
ProducersKano Otsuka·Namio Miura

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Cast · Directed by Kazuo Kuroki

JEJun Etoh
Jun Etoh
Tateo Oki
KTKeiko Takeshita
Keiko Takeshita
Ryoko Kamioka
RK
Rie Katsuragi
Mayumi Nakajima
MSMiki Sugimoto
Miki Sugimoto
Miyoko Nakajima
HMHaruko Mabuchi
Haruko Mabuchi
Tokiyo Oki
JHJun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
Shigeyoshi Oki
HIHiroshi Inuzuka
Hiroshi Inuzuka
Shinkin bank manager
SM
Sue Mitobe
Yasu Nakajima
CHChisako Hara
Chisako Hara
Sakae Hattori
MEMoeko Ezawa
Moeko Ezawa
TMTomoko Mayama
Tomoko Mayama
Noshiko Shimamura
YIYudai Ishiyama
Yudai Ishiyama
Sadakazu Nakajima

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