Top Cast
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Yoko Fujita
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Shun Sugata
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Ryusei Ueno
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Ryoga Ueno
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Gottu Sattar Momo
Overview
A woman and a man meet on an abandoned tochka along the seashore in Hokkaido, Japan.
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