The Shortest Distance Is Round

Jul 5, 2019

1h 10m

★ 5.5

Overview

Haruto is a freshman and a loner high school student until the arrival of the new teacher Aoyama. Aoyama cares for Haruto and starts to exchange letters with him, as something more grows inside both of them. But one night, an unexpected kiss ends their beautiful relationship. Three years later, Haruto has become a male prostitute in order to pay back his debts, when he reunites with Aoyama by chance.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

Okura Pictures

VOID FILMS

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Cast

Haruto

Riku Mukai

Aoyama

Ryohei Shioguchi

Seiya

Hattori Muo

Ryoma

Hasegawa Hiroto

Yazaki

Taishi Takemoto

Okamura

Omino Jinya

Wakabayashi

Yuki Shin

Masamitsu Kani

Sousuke Yamamoto

Yōko Satomi

Chisa Hasegawa

Takahiro Okada

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