CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1998
Love & Pop posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1998 1h 50m JPN

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Love & Pop

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

Chieko Takamori

Leo Morimoto

Leo Morimoto

Hiromi's father

Nana Okada

Nana Okada

Hiromi's mother

Ikkei Watanabe

Ikkei Watanabe

Kobayashi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Hitomi Miwa

Hitomi Miwa

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Captain XX

Asumi Miwa

Hiromi Yoshii