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Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on\u00a0\u00a0TV<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Tokyo\u2019s program called “Morning Satellite” at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

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Synopsis<\/strong> : A drug-addicted girl from an abusive family finds hope through kind people but her grim reality strikes back just as she sees a glimmer of light.<\/div>\n
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Director<\/strong> : Y\u00fb Irie<\/a><\/div>\n
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Producer<\/strong> : Yukiko Tanikawa, Tomohiko Seki<\/div>\n
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Screenwriter<\/strong> : Y\u00fb Irie<\/div>\n
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Cast<\/strong> : Yuumi Kawai<\/a>, Jiro Sato, Goro Inagaki, Aoba Kawai, Yuriko hirooka<\/div>\n
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Production Co<\/strong> : Cogito Works<\/div>\n
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Genre<\/strong> : Drama<\/div>\n
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Original Language<\/strong> : Japanese<\/div>\n
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Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 53m<\/div>\n
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