Movie: The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side

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Megumi Okina
奥菜恵

Self

Yuta Yamazaki
山崎裕太

Self

Kenji Kohashi
小橋賢児

Kuniko Asagi
麻木久仁子

Kanako Fukaura
深浦加奈子

Jirō Komaki
小牧次郎

Self

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    A documentary looking back on the making of Shunji Iwai's TV play Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?.

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    1999-08-07

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    日本語
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