Top Cast
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Ryo Narita
Shuntaro Sometani
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Yuina Kuroshima
Umeko Kurihara
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Masatoshi Nagase
Shusei Yamaoka
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Kengo Kora
Takayuki Motegi
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Mao Inoue
Kotoe Tachibana
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Takuma Otoo
Torao Yasuda
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Yutaka Takenouchi
Tadayoshi Kimura
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Naoto Takenaka
Tomio Aoki
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Eri Watanabe
Toyoko Aoki
Overview
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.
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