I am a Monk

Oct 24, 2015

1h 39m

★ 6.3

Overview

After the death of his grandfather, Koen Shirakawa (Atsushi Ito) quits his job at a bookstore and goes to a temple to become a monk.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Phantom Film

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Cast

Koen Shirakawa

Atsushi Ito

Kyoko Ochi

Mizuki Yamamoto

Shinji Higaki

Junpei Mizobata

Kota Kurimoto

Gaku Hamada

Machiko Shirakata

Miyuki Matsuda

Akira Arai

Issey Ogata

Takanori Minegishi

Daichi Watanabe

Takeshi Shinabe

Yuya Endo

Tatsuhito Masaoka

Ryusuke Komakine

Ayumu Saito

Ichiro Shirakata

Yoshiki Arizono

Nobuko Shirakata

Yoneko Matsukane

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