25 Oct 2001
Life as a House
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
One Son
A telephone call informs Ituski that his father has collapsed. He still cares, but father and son have not had the best of relationships. Ayumi is a professional mover and misses having a father. These men are unconnected and unrelated, but their pasts and states bind them through nothing more than a piece of paper.
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馬場良馬 Itsuki Yamauchi
環有希 Ayumu Kurata
水崎綾女 
竹下景子 
弓削智久 
篠原篤 
根本正勝 
高崎翔太 
関口アナム Chisaki Miki
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