Movie
Aristocrats
Overview
Hanako is looking for stability with her man. She gets dumped instead. She begins dating. Miki studied and worked hard to get to where she is and is holding down a job. They are introduced through an intermediary man.
Details
- Release date
- 2021-02-26
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bandai Namco Arts, Tokyo Theatres Company, ColorBird, Shueisha, My Theater D.D.
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Mugi Kadowaki as Hanako Haibara
- Kiko Mizuhara as Miki Tokioka
- Kengo Kora as Koichiro
- Shizuka Ishibashi as Itsuko
- Rio Yamashita as Hirata
- Yukiko Shinohara as Mayuko
- Kei Ishibashi as Katsuko
- Kenta Satoi as Muneo
- Takashi Yamanaka as Makoto
- Hitomi Takahashi as Tomoko
- Masane Tsukayama as Kotoro
- Gin Pun Chou as Kyoko
Crew
- Yukiko Sode - Director
- Yukiko Sode - Screenplay
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