Top Cast
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Ren Tamura
Utamaro
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Miyabi Ichijô
Gîko
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Yûzô Morita
Policeman
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Atsuko Ami
Stripper
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Satomi Oki
Call Girl
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Enver Altenbay
Nixon
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Yoshiko Yamamoto
Giko (voice)
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Yuki Aresa
Call Girl (voice)
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Hideo Murota
Police Officer (voice)
Overview
Two young people undertake a doomed summer road trip through Japan, which in turn reflects on the dissipating promise of 1960s counterculture and free love.
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