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Kenichi, who had fallen into a rut with his long-term girlfriend Miki, was no longer able to get an erection during sex. One day, Kenichi unexpectedly reunites with his high school sweetheart, Yoshiko, and invites her back to his apartment. There, he makes love to her for the first time in 12 years, even though she is a married woman...
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Kenichi, who had fallen into a rut with his long-term girlfriend Miki, was no longer able to get an erection during sex. One day, Kenichi unexpectedly reunites with his high school sweetheart, Yoshiko, and invites her back to his apartment. There, he makes love to her for the first time in 12 years, even though she is a married woman...
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Futoshi Nakano
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Runtime:65 minutes
Studio:Kokuei Company, V☆Paradise, Shintoho Pictures
Cast
Rei Sakamoto
Director
Yûichi Ishikawa
Kenichi Suzuki
Lemon Hanazawa
Miki Kagawa
Yûko Hosoe
Woman crying on stairs
Yui Hattori
Woman on subway
Yukari Sanada
Yoshiko Nakamura (Kenichi's ex-girlfriend)
Yohta Kawase
Police officer
Atsuko Suzuki
Housewife
Kiyomi Itō
Landlady
Reiko Hanamura
Mayumi (a store clerk)
Motoko Sasaki
Eriko Watanabe
Kazuhiro Sano
Kazuyuki Sayama
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