07 Sep 2013
Backwater
Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.
A Janitor
Fukumi is a high school janitor whose father was a gangster. He works at the school as a janitor instead of belonging to the gang so he can watch out for Yui, the daughter of his deceased father's brother Majima Yoshiki. One day, a gang feud erupts. Yoshiki is killed and Yui becomes the next target.
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福士誠治 Fukumi
芋生悠 Yui
前野朋哉 
般若 
一ノ瀬ワタル 
北代高士 
波岡一喜 
野間口徹 
渡辺哲 
山路和弘 Majima Yoshiki
髙石あかり Rika
伊澤彩織 Shiho
松本卓也 
伊能昌幸 
大坂健太
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