The Promised Land

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The Promised Land

2019

2h 9m

6.0(11 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is identified leading to the accused running away and going into hiding.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Go Ayano

Takeshi Nakamura

Hana Sugisaki

Tsumugi Yukawa

Koichi Sato

Zenjiro Tanaka

Nijiro Murakami

Hiro Nogami

Reiko Kataoka

Hisako

Asuka Kurosawa

Yoko Nakamura

Shizuka Ishibashi

Asako Fujiki

Toshie Negishi

Noriko Tanaka

Akira Emoto

Goro Fujiki

Shima Onishi

Creative team

Directed by: Takahisa Zeze
Written by: Takahisa Zeze
Produced by: Naohiko Ninomiya
Kazunari Hashiguchi

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