The Gentle Japanese
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Shaka
Mako Midori
Jūzō Itami
Soichi Ito
Noguchi
Renji Ishibashi
Konishi
Keizo Kanie
Shige
Masaki Terada
Sakai
Rie Yokoyama
Maki
Misako Watanabe
Woman of the story
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
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