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Dog in a Sidecar

Dog in a Sidecar

A Summer to Remember.

20075.81h 34m

Overview

The film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a real-estate agent, while helping out the folksy proprietor of a neighborhood fishing pond. There she meets a shy girl who needs her help baiting a hook and reminds her of herself in the fourth grade.

Directed by Kichitaro Negishi
Written by Yu Nagashima, Katsuhiko Manabe, Akiko Tanaka
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Top Cast

Yuko Takeuchi

Yuko Takeuchi

Yoko

Yūsuke Iseya

Yūsuke Iseya

Kaoru's client

Arata Furuta

Arata Furuta

Makoto Kondo

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Granny Tome

Hana Matsumoto

Hana Matsumoto

Kaoru Kondo

Mimura

Mimura

Kaoru Kondo (Adult)

Yoichi Nukumizu

Yoichi Nukumizu

Ice-cream man

Kippei Shiina

Kippei Shiina

Yotchan

Sawa Suzuki

Sawa Suzuki

Kaoru's mom

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Takeru Taniyama

Toru Kondo

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About Dog in a Sidecar

Dog in a Sidecar is a drama film released in 2007. Directed by Kichitaro Negishi, it stars Yuko Takeuchi, Yūsuke Iseya, Arata Furuta. The film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a real-estate agent, while helping out the folksy proprietor of a neighborhood fishing pond. There she meets a shy girl who needs her help baiting a hook and reminds her of herself in the fourth grade.

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