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Laughing Target

Laughing Target

19876.20h 47m

Overview

Things couldn't have seemed better for Shiga Yuzuru, your average teenage high-schooler. The captain of the school archery team, he's going steady with teammate and classmate Satomi. He had almost forgotten that he had been betrothed to his cousin, Shiga Azusa, when he was only 6... but all this changes when his aunt dies a peculiar and unnatural death. Now arriving to claim what she feels is rightfully hers, only Satomi stands in Azusa's way... and with the mysterious and frightening powers that Azusa brings, Satomi won't stand in her way for long!

Directed by Motosuke Takahashi
Written by Rumiko Takahashi, Tomoko Konparu, Hideo Takayashiki
Produced by Hajime Tachihara, Ren Usami, Yuji Nunokawa
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Top Cast

Iyo Matsumoto

Iyo Matsumoto

Satomi (voice)

Hiromi Tsuru

Hiromi Tsuru

Azusa Shiga (voice)

Yoku Shioya

Yoku Shioya

Yuzuru Shiga (voice)

Kumiko Takizawa

Kumiko Takizawa

Yuzuru's Mother (voice)

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Takahiro Hirai

Yuzuru's Father (voice)

Toshiko Sawada

Toshiko Sawada

Azusa's Mother (voice)

Ai Satou

Ai Satou

Satomi's Mother (voice)

Akiko Hiramatsu

Akiko Hiramatsu

Schoolgirl B (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki

Delinquent B (voice)

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Mitsuko Ishida

Schoolgirl C (voice)

About Laughing Target

Laughing Target is a animation, horror film released in 1987. Directed by Motosuke Takahashi, it stars Iyo Matsumoto, Hiromi Tsuru, Yoku Shioya. Things couldn't have seemed better for Shiga Yuzuru, your average teenage high-schooler. The captain of the school archery team, he's going steady with teammate and classmate Satomi. He had almost forgotten that he had been betrothed to his cousin, Shiga Azusa, when he was only 6... but all this changes when his aunt dies a peculiar and unnatural death. Now arriving to claim what she feels is rightfully hers, only Satomi stands in Azusa's way... and with the mysterious and frightening powers that Azusa brings, Satomi won't stand in her way for long!

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