The Limit of Sleeping Beauty

Oct 21, 2017

1h 29m

★ 5.4

Overview

Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Studio3

King Records

The Limit of Sleeping Beauty Trailers

Cast

Aki Oria

Yuki Sakurai

Butch

Nino Furuhata

Ryu Goto

Ippei Sasaki

Saito

Masato Shinkawa

Maria

Junko Abe

Director Bito

Masayuki Shida

Fukusan

Tomoki Kimura

Tsubaki

Chiaki Kawamo

Bell Boy

Asuma

Joe

Ryo Narita

Master

Hatsuo Yamaya

Tokimeki Charlie

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

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0.0

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0.0

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6.2

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6.3

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8.0

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No overview available.

8.2

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6.3

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6.0

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6.8

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8.0

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6.8

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4.2

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6.7

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4.6

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8.0

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