Top Cast
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Hiroshi Yamamoto
Kee
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Uda Teppei
Tsutomu
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Kitan Ko
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Hiromichi Maeda
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Maki Imaeda
Overview
Tsutomu meets Kee outside a Pachinko hall. The two strike up an unlikely friendship.
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