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One Million Yen Girl

One Million Yen Girl

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One Million Yen Girl

2008

2h 1m

7.1(65 votes)

Drama

Overview

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

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Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Express

Gentosha

dentsu

WOWOW

Pony Canyon

Itoh Company

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Suzuko Sato

Ryusei Saito

Ryusei Saito

Takuya Sato

Mirai Moriyama

Mirai Moriyama

Ryohei Nakajima

Pierre Taki

Pierre Taki

Haruo Fujii

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

Kinu Fujii

Keisuke Horibe

Keisuke Horibe

Kogure

Saya Yūki

Saya Yūki

Tomoyo Miyamoto

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Siraishi

Taro Ishida

Taro Ishida

Mr. Ueda

Terunosuke Takezai

Terunosuke Takezai

Yuuki

Creative team

Directed by: Yuki Tanada
Written by: Yuki Tanada
Produced by: Koko Maeda
Kumi Kobata

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