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With Beauty and Sorrow

5.719651h 46mMovieRomanceDrama

When the man who seduced famous painter Otoko Ueno as a teenager–and then wrote a bestselling novel about it–reappears in her life, her pupil–and lesbian lover–hatches a plot to destroy the man and his livelihood.

DirectorMasahiro Shinoda
WriterNobuo Yamada
ProducerTakeshi Sasaki

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Cast · Directed by Masahiro Shinoda

KYKaoru Yachigusa
Kaoru Yachigusa
Otoko Ueno
MKMariko Kaga
Mariko Kaga
Keiko Sakami
SYSo Yamamura
So Yamamura
Toshio Ôki
KYKei Yamamoto
Kei Yamamoto
Taichiro Ôki
MWMisako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe
Fumiko Ôki
HSHaruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Otoko's Mother
YN
Yoshiko Nakamura
Old woman in Arashiyama
MH
Miko Hirata
YS
Yoshihide Satō

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