Love of Sawako

Love of Sawako

Love of Sawako

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Love of Sawako

1990

1h 41m

5.5(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

Sawako, working in a bank, tired of the usual everyday life, once she met the chef of French cuisine Yukio Goto and spent the night with him. Sawako pretends to be the daughter of an upscale hotel owner and has an affair with Yukio.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Keiko Saitō

Keiko Saitō

Sawako Fujita

Masanori Ikeda

Masanori Ikeda

Yukio

Léona Hirota

Léona Hirota

Haruko

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Sawako's father

Wakaba Irie

Wakaba Irie

Sawako's mother

Naoko Amihama

Megumi

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

Tsutsumi

Shirō Shimomoto

Shirō Shimomoto

Sawako's boss

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Magazine editor

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Ichiro Tanaka

Creative team

Directed by: Ryuichi Hiroki
Written by: Hiroshi Saitou
Produced by: Mayumi Amano

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