Movie
Call Me Chihiro
Overview
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Details
- Release date
- 2023-02-23
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Asmik Ace, Digital Frontier, Netflix
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Kasumi Arimura as Chihiro
- Hana Toyoshima as Kuniko Seo / Okaji
- Ryuya Wakaba as Taniguchi
- Yui Sakuma as Hitomi
- Van as Basil
- Lily Franky as Utsumi
- Jun Fubuki as Tae
- Mitsuru Hirata as Bito
- Toshie Negishi as Nagai
- Itsuki Nagasawa as Chinatsu Ube
- Miwako Ichikawa as Chihiro
- Tetta Shimada as Makoto Satake
Crew
- Rikiya Imaizumi - Director
- Kaori Sawai - Screenplay
- Rikiya Imaizumi - Screenplay
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