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Drowning Love

Drowning Love

20166.21h 51m

Overview

Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets Koichiro Hasegawa. He is the successor of the Hasegawa family. His family is wealthy and is respected in the area. Natsume Mochizuki and Koichiro Hasegawa become attracted to each other, but something changes their fate.

Directed by Yuki Yamato
Written by George Asakura, Kishū Izuchi, Yuki Yamato
Produced by HONOKI Hiromi
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Top Cast

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Koichiro Hasegawa

Nana Komatsu

Nana Komatsu

Natsume Mochizuki

Daiki Shigeoka

Daiki Shigeoka

Katsutoshi Otomo

Mone Kamishiraishi

Mone Kamishiraishi

Kana Matsunaga

Ryohei Shima

Ryohei Shima

Shogo Hirono

Yoichiro Saito

Yoichiro Saito

Naoki

Gôichi Mine

Gôichi Mine

Takumi Hasume

Ayumu Ito

Ayumu Ito

Ryuta

Masami Horiuchi

Masami Horiuchi

Koshiro

Miwako Ichikawa

Miwako Ichikawa

Meiko

Themes & Keywords

japanbased on mangamodellove storyteenageteenagermagazine modeldestined encounteryouth love story

About Drowning Love

Drowning Love is a romance, drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of japan, based on manga, model, love story, teenage, teenager. Directed by Yuki Yamato, it stars Masaki Suda, Nana Komatsu, Daiki Shigeoka. Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets Koichiro Hasegawa. He is the successor of the Hasegawa family. His family is wealthy and is respected in the area. Natsume Mochizuki and Koichiro Hasegawa become attracted to each other, but something changes their fate.

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