
09 May 2019

The Shape
A storm is on the horizon. When a jet-black cloud engulfs a small village, the residents discover that it could put an end to more than just blue skies.
Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.
Mio Miyakawa
Ginji Ogata
Makoto Shimamura
Toshihito Arai
Yuu Iseki
Kyosuke Misawa
Kuniko Miyakawa
Jasmine
Kina Ishida
Manager
Nanami Ueno
Public Bath Customer
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A storm is on the horizon. When a jet-black cloud engulfs a small village, the residents discover that it could put an end to more than just blue skies.
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