Are they the ones we dream of, or the ones we fail to see among us?
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
MysteryThrillerDramafriendshipjapanbullyingelementary schoolcoming of ageschoolteacher student relationshipchildhoodlgbtchildhood friendsmultiple perspectivesmasculinity
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Character
Earnest, contemporary, prestige and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Sakura AndoSaori Mugino
- Soya KurokawaMinato Mugino
- Hinata HiiragiYori Hoshikawa
- Eita NagayamaMichitoshi Hori
- Yuko TanakaMakiko Fushimi
- Mitsuki TakahataHirona Suzumura
- Akihiro KakutaShoda Fumiaki
- Shido NakamuraKiyotaka Hoshikawa
- Ryu MoriokaKanzaki
- Daisuke KurodaShinagawa
Crew
- Hirokazu Kore-edaDirector
- Yuji SakamotoScreenplay
- Ryuto KondoDirector of Photography
- Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer
- Hirokazu Kore-edaEditor
- Kenji YamadaProducer
- Genki KawamuraProducer
- Megumi BanseProducer
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