Love Mooning

Nov 12, 2021

1h 42m

★ 7.0

Overview

Hiroshi, who runs a mental clinic, has never recovered from the shock of his wife’s suicide. One day, Ayako, a mysterious patient comes to his clinic….

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

The Asahi Shimbun

Aeon Entertainment

Hayabusa Capital

Wa Entertainment

Wonderstruck

Love Mooning Trailers

Cast

Takashi Takizawa

Toru Nakamura

Ayako Mizuno

Kiki Sugino

Shigeru Uchiyama

Takumi Saitoh

Kaoru Takizawa

Yuri Nakamura

Yûki Takizawa

Taiyu Fujiwara

Saitô

Yûsuke Manda

Nanako Mizuno

Urara Matsubayashi

Shûji Uchiyama

Bengal

Yuriko Mizuno

Yōko Moriguchi

Ikeda

Hairi Katagiri

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5.2

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1.0

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5.5

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7.0

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7.4

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6.9

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