A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.
Urara Matsubayashi
Machiko Kamata
Kotone Furukawa
Setsuko Noguchi
Ren Sudo
Taizo Kamata
Sairi Ito
Hona
Mayuko Fukuda
Mari
Noa Kawazoe
Kotoko
Misa Wada
Shizuka
Kumi Takiuchi
Mizuki Kurokawa
Kaito Yoshimura
Keisuke Mizuno
A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.
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