
A Single Rose(2008)
Sugiyama, a middle-aged salaryman who lives as a straight man, meets a young man called Hiroki at a gay bar. Hiroki looks just like someone Sugiyama had an affair with when he was younger...

Movie: A Single Rose
Top 9 Billed Cast
Hidetsugu Sugiyama
Hiroki / Hiroyuki
Kenji / Young man
Yukiko
Goro
Katsutoshi

一輪の薔薇
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Sugiyama, a middle-aged salaryman who lives as a straight man, meets a young man called Hiroki at a gay bar. Hiroki looks just like someone Sugiyama had an affair with when he was younger...
Release Date
2008-04-26
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Rating:
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