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Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet

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Bitter Sweet

2004

0h 58m

5.1(8 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A young couple in love prepares to marry, but--contrary to the popular stereotype--the woman develops a classic case of "cold feet" and seeks the advice of an older man. In no position to offer solid counsel since his own marriage is failing, he instead allows her to seduce him.

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Kokuei Company

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Konatsu

Konatsu

Shoko

Hitoshi Ishikawa

Hitoshi Ishikawa

Kudo

Yumika Hayashi

Yumika Hayashi

Keiko Kudo

Kazuhiro Sano

Kazuhiro Sano

Yoshida Toru

Minami Aiyama

Mika

Takuya Fukushima

Tamura

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Doctor

Hiroki Matsumoto

Minoru

Honda Raku

Makoto

Takashi Naha

Takashi Naha

Takash Naito

Creative team

Directed by: Mitsuru Meike
Written by: Naoko Nishida
Produced by: Nakato Kinukawa
Kazuto Morita

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