The Sunshine Girl
A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Chieko Baisho
Homare Suguro
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Kyōsuke Machida
Kyoko Aoi
Keiko Mizushina
Michi Aoyama
Shinji Tanaka
Susumu Ishikawa
A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
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