All the Kindness of a Man is a Motive

May 7, 2019

1h 12m

★ 4.0

Overview

Miko Uda works as an attendant for a merry-go-round at a shopping mall and as a mascot. Miko believes in people to the utmost but has been rejected by every man she has ever given herself to. Unable to become the only one for someone, Miko spends her days alone on the merry-go-round.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Chie Tsuji

Atomu Mizuishi

Shinnosuke Morikage

Michiko Gomi

Shunsuke Tanaka

Makoto Tanaka

Taichi Kodama

Oto Abe

Sakiko Kato

Misao Ueda

Daijirō Harada

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