Like Grains of Sand

Dec 16, 1995

2h 9m

★ 6.8

Overview

A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

TOHO

PIA Corporation

Young Entertainment Square

PFF Partners

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Cast

Shuji Ito

Yoshinori Okada

Hiroyuki Yoshida

Kōta Kusano

Kasane Aihara

Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayako Shimizu

Kumi Takada

Touru Kanbara

Kouji Yamaguchi

Rika Matsuo

Shizuka Isami

Shuji's Father

Kunio Murai

Ms. Nezu

Toshie Negishi

Ms. Yoshida

Miyako Yamaguchi

Noriko Yoshida

Chiharu Ishikawa

Teacher

Bang-ho Cho

Fujita

Yoshihiko Hakamada

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