A Single Rose

Apr 26, 2008

1h 1m

★ 2.0

Overview

Sugiyama, a middle-aged salaryman who lives as a straight man, meets a young man called Hiroki at a gay bar. Hiroki looks just like someone Sugiyama had an affair with when he was younger...

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Gensou haikyuu-sha Ltd.

Okura Pictures

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Cast

Hidetsugu Sugiyama

Morishi Masunaga

Hiroki / Hiroyuki

Yuki Mizukawa

Kenji / Young man

Akihiro Fujiwara

Yukiko

Chie Suzuki

Goro

Hiroyuki Taniguchi

Katsutoshi

Satoshi Horii

Lisa Suzuki

Adachi Unpei

Masaaki Tomomatsu

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