The Woman Soaked from Waiting
A woman living alone is visited by her ex-husband. At the same time a young couple who are about to break up get trapped in the town as public transport is cut off.
A woman living alone is visited by her ex-husband. At the same time a young couple who are about to break up get trapped in the town as public transport is cut off.
Akiko Nakamura
Tsuya
Choei Takahashi
Chôkichi
Natsumi Asano
Noriko
Ако
Woman in Bar
Genshū Hanayagi
Chôkichi's Woman
Kazuhisa Nakanishi
Salesclerk of the Laundry
Jiro Karasawa
Haruo
A woman living alone is visited by her ex-husband. At the same time a young couple who are about to break up get trapped in the town as public transport is cut off.
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