Top Cast
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Shota Ikoma
Jun
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Tasuku Nagaoka
Murai
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Yuki Sakurai
Mme Kimura
Overview
Two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Murai braves danger and wanders through the no-go zone in order to spend time with Jun, his eight-year-old son.
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