
Drugstore Girl
Feb 07 2004
•2h 45m
•Romance, Comedy
Pharmaceutical student, Keiko witnesses her boyfriend having an affair. Shocked and disappointed, she jumps on a train ("destination anywhere, east or west, she don't care") and ends up in a town named Masao in Tokyo's remote suburbs. There, she gets a part-time job at a newly opened drugstore. What do ya know.. The local shopping district's middle-aged men all fall for the young girl's charms, and they start practicing lacrosse once they have found out that that's her favourite sport.
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Rena Tanaka
Keiko Obayashi

Akira Emoto
Koji Nabeshima

Masatô Ibu
Yamada

Yuu Tokui
Geronimo
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