Top Cast
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Yūzō Kayama
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Kiyoshi Atsumi
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Yuriko Hoshi
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Junko Ikeuchi
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Keiko Sawai
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Keiko Hara
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Kazuko Inano
Overview
Story about an English teacher in a rural town's school.
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