Fantastic Girls

Fantastic Girls

2015 · 119 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Drama

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.

Directed by Akiko Ohku · Written by Takashi Minamoto

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Rika Adachi Takemi Akimoto (young)
Mio Yuki Ayuko Sasaoka (young)
Yuri Shirahane Ayuko Sasaoka (adult)
Aran Kei Takemi Akimoto (adult)
Kenta Suga Jun Suzuki
Masato Yano Hideho
Misako Momose Mizuno Sasayama
Toshie Negishi
Masahiro Komoto
Natsumi Ishizaki
Tomoya Maeno
Mitsuko Oka

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