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One Million Yen Girl

One Million Yen Girl

20087.12h 1m

Overview

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

Directed by Yuki Tanada
Written by Yuki Tanada
Produced by Kumi Kobata, Koko Maeda
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Top Cast

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Suzuko Sato

Ryusei Saito

Ryusei Saito

Takuya Sato

Mirai Moriyama

Mirai Moriyama

Ryohei Nakajima

Pierre Taki

Pierre Taki

Haruo Fujii

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

Kinu Fujii

Keisuke Horibe

Keisuke Horibe

Kogure

Saya Yūki

Saya Yūki

Tomoyo Miyamoto

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Siraishi

Taro Ishida

Taro Ishida

Mr. Ueda

Terunosuke Takezai

Terunosuke Takezai

Yuuki

Themes & Keywords

coming of agewoman director

About One Million Yen Girl

One Million Yen Girl is a drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of coming of age, woman director. Directed by Yuki Tanada, it stars Yu Aoi, Ryusei Saito, Mirai Moriyama. A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

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