Movie: Glowing, Growing

Top 10 Billed Cast

Masahiro Toda
戸田昌宏

Murashima Ryo
Murashima Ryo

Asumi Miwa
三輪明日美

Mako Takahashi
Mako Takahashi

Rieko Shinohara
Rieko Shinohara

Keiko Okagawa
Keiko Okagawa

Hayato Ōshiba
大柴隼人

Amiko Kanaya
Amiko Kanaya

Sakae Nijimura
Sakae Nijimura

Kiriko Shimizu
志水季里子

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    Glowing, Growing is a unique little movie produced entirely by film students in which two young outsiders join a mass suicide group in an attempt to gain freedom. Along the way they both re-discover the positive aspects of life, giving them the opportunity to weigh the pros and cons of choosing to live or die

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    2001-10-11

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    Suicide

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    日本語
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