Dreflix: The First Breath of Tengan Rei

The First Breath of Tengan Rei

Never let them forget

An Okinawan woman kidnaps the teenage son of a U.S. Marine convicted of raping her when she was a girl.

2009

Drama·Thriller

1h 12min

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Top Billed Cast

小田エリカ
Tengan Rei
Katori Eason
Paris Land
Rick Vargas
Henry Carter
Sean Nix
Nelson Land

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