Movie: Female

Top 10 Billed Cast

Nene Otsuka
大塚寧々

Kyouko Morishima

Naoyuki Morita
森田直幸

Shingo Mizunuma

Nomura Eri
Nomura Eri

Junuko Morioka

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
池内博之

Yasaki

Chihiro Ohtsuka
大塚千弘

Hidemi

Mitsuko Ishii
石井苗子

Machiko

Hairi Katagiri
片桐はいり

Kayo

Eri Ishida
Eri Ishida

Woman

Ryo Kase
加瀬亮

Man

Kaoru Kobayashi
小林薫

Old man

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    'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki, Miwa Nishikawa, and Suzuki Matsuo.

  • Release Date

    2005-05-14

  • Average

    5.6

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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