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Sayonara, Girls.

Sayonara, Girls.

20239.12h 0m

Overview

2 days until the “Last Graduation Ceremony” of high school, the building was to be demolished. Each student accepted their “farewell to youth” and moved forward with regret and hope in mind. One student visits the library to meet her secret admirer who is also her teacher, one calls her boyfriend with a strained relationship due to the distance of their colleges, one is trying to expose a secret that she hid for the last 3 years, and the last student, Manami, has to give a speech during the graduation ceremony but couldn’t overcome her pain.

Directed by Shun Nakagawa
Written by Shun Nakagawa, Ryo Asai
Produced by Yasushi Utagawa
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Top Cast

Yuumi Kawai

Yuumi Kawai

Yamashiro Manami

Rina Ono

Rina Ono

Goto Yuki

Tomo Nakai

Tomo Nakai

Sakuta Shiori

Rina Komiyama

Rina Komiyama

Kanda Kyoko

Airu Kubozuka

Airu Kubozuka

Sato Shun

Himi Sato

Himi Sato

Morisaki Takeshi

Kisetsu Fujiwara

Kisetsu Fujiwara

Sakaguchi Masato

Takuma Usa

Takuma Usa

Terada Kensuke

Rin Marumoto

Rin Marumoto

Miyashita Haruka

Shima Tabata

Shima Tabata

Konishi Mayumi

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Themes & Keywords

high schoolfarewelljapanbased on novel or bookschoolhigh school studentjapanese high schoolrelationshipsgirlgraduation ceremony

About Sayonara, Girls.

Sayonara, Girls. is a drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of high school, farewell, japan, based on novel or book, school, high school student. Directed by Shun Nakagawa, it stars Yuumi Kawai, Rina Ono, Tomo Nakai. 2 days until the “Last Graduation Ceremony” of high school, the building was to be demolished. Each student accepted their “farewell to youth” and moved forward with regret and hope in mind. One student visits the library to meet her secret admirer who is also her teacher, one calls her boyfriend with a strained relationship due to the distance of their colleges, one is trying to expose a secret that she hid for the last 3 years, and the last student, Manami, has to give a speech during the graduation ceremony but couldn’t overcome her pain.

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