Haruka, Nostalgia
Feb 20 1993
•3h 45m
•Drama
Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author's real name.
Cast
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Hiroshi Katsuno
Shinsuke Ayase
Hikari Ishida
Haruka / Yoko Miyoshi
Youji Matsuda
Hiroshi Saitoh
Bengal
Akira Kinomiya
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