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Sachie Tanaka | ... | Akari |
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Hazuki Kikuchi | ... | Sakurako |
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Maiko Mihara | ... | Fumi |
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Rira Kawamura | ... | Jun |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Hiromi Demura | ... | Hinako |
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Shoko Fukunaga | ... | Mitsu |
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Yuichiro Ito | ... | Kawano |
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Tsugumi Kugai | ... | Yoshie |
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Hiroyuki Miura | ... | Takuya |
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Hajime Sakasho | ... | Kazama |
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Shuhei Shibata | ... | Ukai |
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Ayaka Shibutani | ... | Yuzuki |
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Reina Shiihashi | ... | Kozue |
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Yoshio Shin | ... | Yoshihiko |
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Yasunobu Tanabe | ... | Kurita |
Four women. All in their 30s. Three married, one divorcee. They are able to tell each other anything. Or at least they thought. One day, after losing in divorce court, one of them gives up on a future with their partner and disappears. The three remaining women take a second look at their lives. The long night is full of questions. 'Are you really the you you wanted to be?'
Binged this 317-minute realistic drama about four female friends who come to grips with their feelings of doubt and disappointment as they enter middle age, in particular with the relational shortcomings of men. The slow, detailed narrative, with its prolonged scenes and interwoven story lines around a centering drama and unique structural elegance, mesmerized me. This is rare, meaty fare far afield from the happily-ever-after screenplays that are all too common among Japanese movies, at least the ones I've watched heretofore on Amazon Prime.