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(Ab)normal Desire

(Ab)normal Desire

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Drama
📜 Overview: Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 2023-11-10
⌚ Running Time: 134 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.5

Beloved Cast

Goro Inagaki original image
Hiroki Terai
Goro Inagaki
Yui Aragaki original image
Natsuki Kiryu
Yui Aragaki
Hayato Isomura original image
Yoshimichi Sasaki
Hayato Isomura
Kanta Sato original image
Daiya Morohashi
Kanta Sato
Ayaka Higashino original image
Yaeko Kobe
Ayaka Higashino
Maho Yamada original image
Yumi Terai
Maho Yamada
Nozomi Bando original image
Yume Takami
Nozomi Bando
Shohei Uno original image
Hideki Kokawa
Shohei Uno
Daichi Watanabe original image
Shū Nishiyama
Daichi Watanabe
Eri Tokunaga original image
Saori Nasu
Eri Tokunaga
Ryo Iwase original image
Yohei Yatabe
Ryo Iwase
Hiroshi Yamamoto original image
teacher
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Kosuke Suzuki original image
NPO employee
Kosuke Suzuki
Kokoro Morita original image
Yoshika Kurume
Kokoro Morita
Mari Ichihara original image
Mari Ichihara
Jun Saitō original image
Yoshimichi Sasaki [Young]
Jun Saitō
Merii Takiguchi original image
Natsuki Kiryu [Young]
Merii Takiguchi
Yunho original image
Taiki Terai
Yunho
Tamaki Shiratori original image
Tamaki Shiratori

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