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Synopsis
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
Miki Imai
Cast
Toshiro Yanagiba
Cast
Yoko Honna
Cast
Mayumi Izuka
Cast
Masahiro Itou
Cast
Chie Kitagawa
Cast
Yuuki Masuda
Cast
Yuki Minowa
Cast
Michie Terada
Cast
Yorie Yamashita
Cast
Isao Takahata
Director
Hotaru Okamoto
Writer
Isao Takahata
Writer
Yoshiyuki Momose
Writer
Yuko Tone
Writer

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