Child of the Stars

Oct 9, 2020

1h 50m

★ 7.7

Overview

When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. Her father's co-worker then gave him some water from a strange religious group. Chihiro was miraculously cured by the water. Her parents began to follow the strange religion and became fervent followers. Chihiro is now in the 3rd grade of middle school and she faces changes in her life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tokyo Theatres Company

Yoake Pictures

HARVEST FILM

TV Tokyo

The Asahi Shimbun

TV Osaka

Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures

Happinet

Grand Marble

Pony Canyon

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Cast

Chihiro

Mana Ashida

Chihiro's Father

Masatoshi Nagase

Chihiro's Mother

Tomoyo Harada

Minami

Masaki Okada

Yuzo

Kohei Otomo

Ma-chan

Aju Makita

Sari Awano

Watanabe

Ninon

Haru

Hanano Akazawa

Shinmura

Hiroto Tamura

Teacher Asami

Mai Ohtani

Nobue Iketani

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