After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again.
After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again.
2001-06-23
6.8
The relationship between a middle-aged man and the elderly woman who has been the family's helper for sixty years.
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