In Those Days

Feb 19, 2021

1h 57m

★ 5.3

Overview

Having failed to get into graduate school, with no girlfriend, no money, and no prospects of success with his band, Tsurugi's life has reached rock bottom. One day, after watching the video of Aya Matsuura's song “Momoiro Kataomoi”, he becomes obsessed with the idol singers of “Hello! Project”, and plunges into the idol geek lifestyle. However, as time passes, he and his buddies all find other things just as important as the idols and begin to move on.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

L'ESPACE FILM

Nikkatsu Corporation

Phantom Film

SPACE SHOWER FILMS

L'espace Vision

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Cast

Mikito Tsurugi

Tori Matsuzaka

Kozumin

Taiga Nakano

Robi

Takashi Yamanaka

Nishino

Ryuya Wakaba

Nakauchi

Tateto Serizawa

Itou

Kentarō Kokado

Aru

Hiroto Oshita

Saeki

Kenta Kiguchi

Yasuko

Seina Nakata

Nao

Yuki Katayama

Aya Matsuura

Yuhane Yamazaki

Baba

Naomi Nishida

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