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""Keep your eyes on my back and you'll grow too.""

2026

1h 40m

7.8(10 votes)

Drama

Overview

The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together.

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K2 Pictures

Shueisha

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Natsuki Deguchi

Natsuki Deguchi

Fujino

Aju Makita

Aju Makita

Kyomoto

Fuuri Nanase

Fuuri Nanase

Young Fujino

Rokka Okada

Rokka Okada

Young Kyomoto

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Maeda

Kankuro Kudo

Kankuro Kudo

Tamai

Kayo Noro

Kayo Noro

Akari

Ryo Ikeda

Ryo Ikeda

Nishi

Miyu Sasaki

Miyu Sasaki

Megumi

Maho Yamada

Maho Yamada

Manabe

Creative team

Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Written by: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Produced by: Daiju Koide

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