The Tokyo Siblings

The Tokyo Siblings

1995 · 92 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

Living in an old Tokyo district, Kenichi works at a second-hand bookshop to support his sister, Yoko, a high school student. When Yoko graduates, she starts work at a photo shop. By the time, Kenichi's girlfriend has decided to marry someone else as she is tired of waiting for him. When Yoko starts dating Kenichi's best friend, Makoto , he is strangely resentful, but when Makoto is involved in a fatal accident, brother and sister resume their routine life.

Directed by Jun Ichikawa · Written by Hideyuki Suzuki

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Yuriko Hirooka Yoshiko Hayashi
Urara Awata Yoko Higure
Rie Minemura
Naoto Ogata Ken'ichi Higure
Toru Tezuka Makoto Mimura

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