Top Cast
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Asahi Uchida
Sawaki Keita
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Kengo Ohkuchi
Takagi Shingo
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Ryô Hashizume
Denboji Yoshimaro
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Makoto Sakamoto
Peramatcha
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Hidenori Tokuyama
Kohiruimaki Makoto
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Ryuji Harada
Teacher Takeda
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Tetsu Watanabe
Kumao Sakazaki
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Arakawa Yu
Kitagawa Keiji
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Kentaro
Joe
Overview
Set in Aomori at the end of the 1960s, this youth drama depicts the thrilling and hectic day of young people just before they graduate high school and enter society. A film adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Kenichi Kawakami.
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