Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

1986 · 97 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, Comedy

Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the boozy bar hostess; and the mooching and peeping Mr. Yotsuya.

Directed by Shinichiro Sawai · Written by Yōzō Tanaka

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