Where Are You?
A sixteen year old boy, Ryo, experiences the painful ordeal of his mother being hospitalized and then dying. The boy turns to crime, but doesn't find success. He then seeks out his remarried father, but the pain still exists.
A sixteen year old boy, Ryo, experiences the painful ordeal of his mother being hospitalized and then dying. The boy turns to crime, but doesn't find success. He then seeks out his remarried father, but the pain still exists.
Yuto Kobayashi
Ryo Kawai
Masahiro Kobayashi
Kawai's Father
Makiko Watanabe
Kawai's Mother
Tokio Emoto
Ryuzo Tanaka
Sanae Miyata
Kazue Tsunogae
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Megumi Yokoyama
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