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Christmas in January

Christmas in January

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Christmas in January

1991

0h 45m

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Overview

Based on one of Iwadate Mariko's short stories appearing in the shoujo manga monthly magazine Margaret. This is a character study of a rather traumatized young woman who develops a crush on a man who lives next door to her.

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Magic Bus

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Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Mizuki (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Junsho Fujioka (voice)

Noriko Hidaka

Noriko Hidaka

Seiko Kashiwagi (voice)

Issei Futamata

Issei Futamata

Boy (voice)

Yuzuru Fujimoto

Yuzuru Fujimoto

Junsho's Father (voice)

Katsunosuke Hori

Katsunosuke Hori

Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida

Mitsuaki Madono

Mitsuaki Madono

Momoko Ishi

Creative team

Directed by: Satoshi Dezaki
Produced by: Setsuko Shibuichi
Makoto Kubota

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