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Hirugao

Hirugao

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Hirugao

2017

2h 5m

5.4(33 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet again and their love story continue.

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Production Companies

TOHO

Fuji Television Network

KADOKAWA Daiei Studio

Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting

Iwate Menkoi Television

Sendai Television

Akita Television

Sakuranbo Television Broadcasting Corporation

Fukushima Television Broadcasting

Niigata Sogo Television

Shizuoka Telecasting

Nagano Broadcasting System

Toyama Television

Ishikawa Television Broadcasting

Fukui Television Broadcasting

Tokai Television Broadcasting

Kansai Television

San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting

Okayama Broadcasting

Television Shin-Hiroshima System

Ehime Broadcasting

Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting

Television Nishinippon Corporation

Saga Television Station

Television Nagasaki

Kumamoto Kenmin Televisions

Television Oita System

Miyazaki Telecasting

Kagoshima Television Station

Okinawa Television Broadcasting

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Aya Ueto

Aya Ueto

Sawa Sasamoto

Takumi Saitoh

Takumi Saitoh

Yuichiro Kitano

Ayumi Ito

Ayumi Ito

Noriko Kitano

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Naoto Sugisaki

Asuka Kurosawa

Asuka Kurosawa

Kinue Tajiri

Minori Hagiwara

Minori Hagiwara

Ayu Matsumoto

Kotaro Shiga

Kotaro Shiga

Professor Sakagami

Masaki Miura

Masaki Miura

Detective Sakurai

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Fishmonger

Daigo Matsui

Daigo Matsui

Ice Shop Owner

Creative team

Directed by: Hiroshi Nishitani
Written by: Yumiko Inoue
Produced by: Megumi Osawa
Reiko Misao

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