Happy Birthday: The Time When Life Shines

Top 6 Billed Cast

Nobuko Sakuma
佐久間信子

Asuka Fujiwara

Reiko Tajima
田島令子

Shizuyo Fujiwara

Kousuke Okano
岡野浩介

Naoto Fujiwara

Toshihiko Kojima
小島敏彦

Yuki Masuda
増田ゆき

Yukari Hishizu
飛志津ゆかり

Hiroshi

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    After being abused by her mother physically and mentally Asuka gets taken in by her grandparents. Slowly she learns her own worth as a human being and overcomes many obstacles.

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    1999-07-27

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