May 12, 2007
120 min
Full-HD

Bizan (2007)

Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is hospitalized, Sakiko returns to her hometown Tokushima on Shikoku. The town is famous for its annual Awa Dance Festival. She is told by doctor, Terasawa Daisuke, that her mother has terminal cancer.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

TOHO Fuji Television Network Gentosha Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Kansai Television PPM C&I entertainment

Nanako Matsushima

Sakiko Kouno

Takao Osawa

Daisuke Terasawa

Nobuko Miyamoto

Ryuko Kouno

Aya Enjoji

Keiko Otani

Hirotaro Honda

Hideo Watanuki

Ken Kaneko

Manami Kurose

Toshiyuki Nagashima

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