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
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Cast
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
Chika Yamane
Masao Ōmori
greengrocer (uncredited)
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