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Kura(1995)
Status: Released
Date: 1995-10-10
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1 Votes
Time: 2h 10m
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In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young blind woman, challenges herself to overcome her disability in order to save her family's sake business.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Movie: Kura
Top 7 Billed Cast
浅野ゆう子
Saho Sano
一色紗英
夏川結衣
Seki Yamanaka
黒木瞳
Kaho Tanouchi
松方弘樹
Izou Tanouchi
西島秀俊
Takeda Ryota
船越英一郎
Takero Sano
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In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young blind woman, challenges herself to overcome her disability in order to save her family's sake business.
Release Date
1995-10-10
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