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Synopsis
There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked, and shared experiences.
Masahiro Motoki
Cast
Sadao Abe
Cast
Arata Furuta
Cast
Kazuo Hara
Cast
Ryôichi Inaba
Cast
So Kitamura
Cast
Kitaro
Cast
Tomoko Matsunashi
Cast
Kaori Momoi
Cast
Katsuhisa Namase
Cast
Jun Ichikawa
Director
Hideyuki Suzuki
Writer
Koji Morikawa
Writer
Jun Ichikawa
Writer

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