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The Water Flows to the Sea

The Water Flows to the Sea

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The Water Flows to the Sea

"The reason she stopped falling in love…"

2023

2h 3m

7.4(7 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

High school student Naotatsu travels to live at his uncle's house. In the pouring rain, he is picked up at the nearest station by a strange adult woman named Sakaki who guides him to an unexpected share house where a life together begins.

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Happinet Phantom Studios

TV Tokyo

Kodansha

st'blue

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Chisa Sakaki

Riku Onishi

Riku Onishi

Naotatsu Kumazawa

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Shigemichi Utagawa

Ami Touma

Ami Touma

Kaede Izumiya

Junki Tozuka

Junki Tozuka

Hayate Izumiya

Masanobu Katsumura

Masanobu Katsumura

Jingo Sakaki

Yukiya Kitamura

Yukiya Kitamura

Tatsuo Kumazawa

Maki Sakai

Maki Sakai

Sanae Takashima

Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

Kenzo Naruse

Tohara Takuto

Yamada

Creative team

Directed by: Tetsu Maeda
Written by: Satomi Oshima
Produced by: Ayumi Kondo

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