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Butterfly Sleep (2017)

Chô no yô ni nemuru (original title)
| Drama, Romance | 2017 (Japan)
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A writer of romance novels falls in love with a much younger guy. Their romance is doomed, though, because she has Alzheimer.

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Jae-eun Jeong

Writer:

Jae-eun Jeong

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Anna Ishibashi, Masanobu Katsumura, Jae-wook Kim | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Anna Ishibashi ... Anna
Masanobu Katsumura Masanobu Katsumura ... Ishii
Jae-wook Kim Jae-wook Kim
Hidekazu Mashima Hidekazu Mashima ... Kousuke
Masatoshi Nagase ... Omura
Miho Nakayama ... Matsumura Ryoko
Shun Sugata ... Ayamine Ryuji
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A writer of romance novels falls in love with a much younger guy. Their romance is doomed, though, because she has Alzheimer.

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alzheimer's disease | writer | age difference | bittersweet | living together | See All (5) »

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Drama | Romance

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Official Sites:

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Country:

Japan | South Korea

Language:

Korean | Japanese

Release Date:

2017 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Butterfly Sleep See more »

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan
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$79,296
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