Fearing dead-end futures, abused schoolgirl Alisa and neglected housewife Harumi plan a new life together, bankrolled by a bag of stolen cash. But with an incestuous father and a jealous mother-in-law in hot pursuit, their journey to the other side of the night becomes longer — and stranger — than they could’ve expected.
Hisayasu Satō
Director
Yumi Yoshiyuki
Harumi
Kinako
Alisa
Kōichi Imaizumi
Yoshio
Kiyomi Itō
Harumi's mother-in-law Nogie
Simon Kumai
Thug
Setsuhiko Kobayashi
Homeless man
Taketoshi Watari
Homeless man
Mineo Sugiura
Fortune teller
Mitsuru Meike
Man in drag
Takeshi Iguchi
Homeless man
Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Katsuji (Alisa's father)
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