Samulife

Samulife

2015 · 118 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

Nagaoka is a former high school teacher. He decides to start a school with an ideal learning environment. To achieve this goal, he struggles to make money by running a bar and a publishing company.

Directed by Takeshi Moriya

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