Checkpoint of the Life
Mar 17 2018
•1h 26m
•Drama
Set around Ide, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, Sasaoka Yuri and Ogawa Yosuke have been friends since they were children. They are crazed about bicycling. The two grow up through interacting with people in town.
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Atsushi Arai
Yuri Sasaoka
Amane Okayama
Yosuke Ogawa
Ayumu Mochizuki
Yuri Sasaoka
Taiyo Yoshizawa
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