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Five loosely connected storylines concerning the secrets and lies, the fears and tears, and the puerile potty jokes that punctuate the characters' daily (and in one eerie case, nightly) encounters.
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113 min
2021-04-02
Released
Japanese
7
7.3
Maejima Ryoko
Ito
Makita
Hirata Kohta
Fujimura
Usuda Mayumi
Ban
6.7
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6.1
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7.8
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7.1
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7.5
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7.6
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6.4
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7.4
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7.7
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