Movie: Talking the Pictures

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ryo Narita
成田凌

Shuntaro Sometani

Yuina Kuroshima
黒島結菜

Umeko Kurihara

Masatoshi Nagase
永瀬正敏

Shusei Yamaoka

Kengo Kora
高良健吾

Takayuki Motegi

Mao Inoue
井上真央

Kotoe Tachibana

Takuma Otoo
音尾琢真

Torao Yasuda

Yutaka Takenouchi
竹野内豊

Tadayoshi Kimura

Naoto Takenaka
竹中直人

Tomio Aoki

Eri Watanabe
渡辺えり

Toyoko Aoki

Fumiyo Kohinata
小日向文世

Shigezo Tachibana

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    Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.

  • Release Date

    2019-12-13

  • Average

    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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    日本語
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