Pretty Woman

May 9, 2003

1h 51m

★ 8.0

Overview

Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Based on the actual amateur theater company "Theatrical Company Hono" in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, where the presiding officers and performers are composed of elderly women. They have been performing stage plays about issues related to the elderly for a long time.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Kouwa International

Bandai Visual

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Cast

Aoi Morishita

Keiko Awaji

Kana Morishita

Naomi Nishida

Umeko Murota

Akiko Kazami

Ikuyo Kawabe

Reiko Kusamura

Jane Momori

Edith Hanson

Kotoe Ishikura

Terue Shoji

Kimura

Mikako Ichikawa

Saya Hatanaka

Moeko Ezawa

Yoriko Ikoma

Haruko Mabuchi

Ryutaro Morishita

Ittoku Kishibe

Yuko Morishita

Jun Fubuki

Tatsuya Morishita

Dai Watanabe

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