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Oni Girl
Momoka Onigawara wants to have a fulfilling high school life without anyone finding out her embarrassing secret – her family are oni, with their horns popping out when they get flustered. She reunites with her former childhood friend Ren, who wants to make a movie to one-up his famous director father. After they find out that the script he seeks was originally written by Ren's father, Momoka's father, and Momoka's dead mother when they were high schoolers, they decide to live out their youth by making the movie.
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Momoka Onigawara wants to have a fulfilling high school life without anyone finding out her embarrassing secret – her family are oni, with their horns popping out when they get flustered. She reunites with her former childhood friend Ren, who wants to make a movie to one-up his famous director father. After they find out that the script he seeks was originally written by Ren's father, Momoka's father, and Momoka's dead mother when they were high schoolers, they decide to live out their youth by making the movie.
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Genre:Comedy, Fantasy
Written By:Kou Nakamura, Yu Sakudo, Genki Takigawa
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Runtime:120 minutes
Studio:dentsu, Studio-884.Pro, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, MBS, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, TV Osaka, Kansai Television, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, FM802, FM OSAKA, Kansai Totsu, OsakaPlanner
Cast
Genki Takigawa
Director
Manami Igashira
Onigawara Momoka
Mizuki Itagaki
Aotsuki Ren
Kaisei Kamimura
Jinguuji Misaki
Hiyori Sakurada
Matsumaru Tiara
Shunta Sono
Sorimachi Tokiya
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
Onigawara Daitetsu
Amu Fukao
Onigawara Ririka
Sara Shida
Onigawara Hitomi
Ryushin Tei
Otsuki Shinobu
Naomasa Musaka
Rogaku Kusumoto
Maki Utsunomiya
Ms. Kijimoto
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