Hanging Garden

Hanging Garden

If you stick to your story, it stops being a lie. When you get obsessed, you shut out reality.

2005 · 114 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama

On the surface, the Kyobashis appear to be a happy family. Despite a family agreement that they are all open with each other, the entire household knows the opposite is true.

Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda · Written by Toshiaki Toyoda

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Kyoko Koizumi Eriko Kyobashi
Anne Suzuki Mana Kyobashi
Itsuji Itao Takashi Kyobashi
Masahiro Hirota Kou Kyobashi
Jun Kunimura Eriko's Brother
Eita Nagayama Tezuka
Asami Imajuku Sachin
Ryo Katsuji Morisaki
Sonim Mina
Hiromi Nagasaku Asako Iizuka
Michiyo Yasuda Satoko Kinosaki
Kiyohiko Shibukawa Bus Driver

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