Kaoru has Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), and is not allowed to be exposed to sunlight. She sleeps during the day and is active at night. She busks every night in front of a station playing guitar. Outside her bedroom window, she spots a high school boy with a surfboard. She watches him and his friends visit the ocean every morning, before going to sleep. One day, she introduces herself to him without letting him know about her illness. He is Kji Fujishiro (Takashi Tsukamoto) When her cousin drags her home, they sit by her window while they watch Kji meet his friends. Kaoru explains everything, and her cousin notes that she probably goes to the same school as him, and offers to spy on him for her.
Timmy Hung Tin-Ming
Paul
Carl Ng Ka-Lung
Inspector Lee
Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung
Peter
Samuel Pang King-Chi
Telly
Calvin Choi Yat-Chi
Wing Cheung Wing-Yin
Faye Faye
Chan Tat-Kwong
Law Chung-Wah
Tsang Wai-Ming
Telly's Thug
Johnny Cheung Wa
Midnight Running is a comedy, crime film released in 2006 exploring themes of disease. Directed by Mihiel Wong, it stars Timmy Hung Tin-Ming, Carl Ng Ka-Lung, Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung. Kaoru has Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), and is not allowed to be exposed to sunlight. She sleeps during the day and is active at night. She busks every night in front of a station playing guitar. Outside her bedroom window, she spots a high school boy with a surfboard. She watches him and his friends visit the ocean every morning, before going to sleep. One day, she introduces herself to him without letting him know about her illness. He is Kji Fujishiro (Takashi Tsukamoto) When her cousin drags her home, they sit by her window while they watch Kji meet his friends. Kaoru explains everything, and her cousin notes that she probably goes to the same school as him, and offers to spy on him for her.
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