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A lonely otaku is fired from his job. He is rescued in a ruined building by a strange girl in a sailor suit. When he wakes up, the girl becomes a figure. The young man and the pretty figure begin to live together.


Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left behind.

Greg Hsu
Jimmy

Kaya Kiyohara
Ami

Joseph Chang
Ryu

Shunsuke Michieda
Koji

Haru Kuroki
Yukiko

Takashi Yamanaka
White Collar Worker

Yutaka Matsushige
Nakazato

Hitomi Kuroki
Yuko

Toyoharu Kitamura
Shimada

Liao Hui-jen
Shu Yi
18x2 Beyond Youthful Days is a romance, drama film released in 2024 exploring themes of japan, taiwan, japanese. Directed by Michihito Fujii, it stars Greg Hsu, Kaya Kiyohara, Joseph Chang. Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left behind.
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