Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather

Feb 27, 2020

1h 25m

★ 6.6

Overview

In the hyper-masculine criminal underworld, a masochistic high-ranking yakuza and his newly-assigned bodyguard become increasingly drawn to each other.

Genres

Animation

Drama

Production Companies

GRIZZLY

Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather Trailers

Cast

Yashiro (voice)

Tarusuke Shingaki

Chikara Doumeki (voice)

Wataru Hatano

Kanji Kageyama (voice)

Hiroki Yasumoto

Kuga (voice)

Yuki Ono

Misumi (voice)

Toru Okawa

Ryūzaki (voice)

Kenta Miyake

Hirata (voice)

Akimitsu Takase

Nanahara (voice)

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Ageya (voice)

Takuya Sato

Sugimoto (voice)

Takahiro Miyake

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