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The First Catch
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The First Catch

Dec 27, 1980
1h 31m
★ 3.5

Overview

Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Shochiku
Kitty Films

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Cast

Yoshiko Tanaka

Yoshiko Tanaka

Junpei Katô

Junpei Katô

Miyako Yamaguchi

Miyako Yamaguchi

Ако

Ако

Nobuto Okamoto

Nobuto Okamoto

Keizo Kanie

Keizo Kanie

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Hatsuo Yamaya

Hatsuo Yamaya

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

Gō Awazu

Gō Awazu

Atsuko Kawaguchi

Atsuko Kawaguchi

Toshie Kobayashi

Toshie Kobayashi

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