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Mugonkan

Mugonkan

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Mugonkan

2022

1h 36m

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Drama

Overview

A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring artworks by students before they were sent to fight in WWII.

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Nippon Television Network Corporation

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Kuboshima Seiichiro

Akira Terao

Akira Terao

Nomiyama Gyouji

Rikako Yagi

Rikako Yagi

Yukie (Young)

Yasuo Daichi

Yasuo Daichi

Hidaka Toshinori

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Izawa Tamisuke

Denden

Denden

Shiino Chikara

Saori Yuki

Saori Yuki

Sakuma Shizuko

Sarutoki Minagawa

Sarutoki Minagawa

Maruyama

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Shiino Yasuko

Yukiko Yoshino

Shiino Hideko

Creative team

Directed by: Gekidan Hitori
Written by: Gekidan Hitori
Produced by: Hiroko Okura
阿利極

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