"My heart was pounding as I had a feeling that something was about to happen."
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
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The people behind it
Masaki Suda
Mugi Yamane
Kasumi Arimura
Kinu Hachiya
Kaya Kiyohara
Rin Hada
Kanata Hosoda
Wataru Mizuno
Joe Odagiri
Kohei Kaji
Keiko Toda
Sachiko Hachiya
Ryo Iwamatsu
Yoshiaki Hachiya
Kaoru Kobayashi
Hirotaro Yamane
Hanae Kan
Nana Kawagishi
Haya Nakazaki
Kaito Aoki
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