Spring Awakens
Nov 02 1947
•1h 29m
•Drama
Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.
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Tatsuya Ishiguro
Shûji Hirobe
Haruko Sugimura
Yoshiko Kuga
Kumiko Hirobe
Takashi Shimura
Kenzô Ogura
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