Top Cast
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Tasuku Emoto
Yuta
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Moeka Hoshi
Yuki
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Issey Ogata
Makoto
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Yuu Kashii
Shiori
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Masayo Umezawa
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Hiroko Isayama
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Yusuke Narita
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Fusako Urabe
Overview
After his father-in-law Makoto fractures his leg, young professional Yuta travels from his home in Tokyo to a rural town in Kyushu to take care of the older man and help out in his old-fashioned photo studio.
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