Momoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of hers, witnesses a murder in the forest...and she knows the culprit! Unfortunately, she doesn't have it in her to tell anybody about it, and to make matters worse, said aforementioned friend gets accused of the murder.
Momoko Kikuchi
Momoko Watanabe
Hiroshi Kobayashi
Ryosuke Tachibana
Satoshi Kishida
Mita
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Katsutoshi Watanabe
Tokie Hidari
Renko Watanabe
Ryoko Takakura
Reiko Nanao
Ichirō Ogura
Osamu
Narimi Arimori
Midori
Yuki Ninagawa
Noriko Sengoku
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION- is a drama film released in 1985. Directed by Ryō Kinoshita, it stars Momoko Kikuchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Satoshi Kishida. Momoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of hers, witnesses a murder in the forest...and she knows the culprit! Unfortunately, she doesn't have it in her to tell anybody about it, and to make matters worse, said aforementioned friend gets accused of the murder.
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