Don't let it bring you down

Mar 8, 1993

1h 0m

★ 4.5

Overview

A member of the Air Self-Defense Force learns of a crucial national secret: that conscription will be introduced to Japan. Pursued by the state, the man and his wife attempt to flee to her parents' home, but along the way they meet a carefree young man who loves movies. Meanwhile, back in his rural hometown, his father-in-law is in critical condition, but his sister-in-law neglects to care for him and instead engages in phone sex with him.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Kokuei Company

Shintoho Pictures

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Cast

Kazuya Sawano

Kazuhiro Sano

Minako

Kanako Kishi

Shindo

Kôzô Ueda

Male sex worker

Kōichi Imaizumi

Ryuma

Ryōma Sano

Tomohiro

Kô Kajino

Ryuma

Sano Ryōma

Kensuke

Kensuke Sano

Shindo's subordinate

Yasuo Yonezawa

Eriko Koyama

Kyoko Takagi

Minako's father

Kohei Tsuzaki

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