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The Make-up Room

The Make-up Room

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The Make-up Room

2015

1h 26m

6.0(8 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Morikawa draws from his experiences as a former adult-video director for this comedy set in the make-up room of a porn film shoot. The cast features Aki Morita (Sharing) and an ensemble of mostly Japanese porn stars including Beni Ito, Nanami Kawakami and Riri Kuribayashi.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Beni Itô

Beni Itô

Masami

Riri Kuribayashi

Riri Kuribayashi

Masako

Nanami Kawakami

Nanami Kawakami

Matsuko

Aki Morita

Aki Morita

Kyoko Tsuzuki

Mariko Sumiyoshi

Mariko Sumiyoshi

Sugar

Takashi Naha

Takashi Naha

Kazuhiro Nakahara

Kazuhiro Nakahara

Kentarô Sakai

Jin Sato

Akiyoshi Shibata

Akiyoshi Shibata

Creative team

Directed by: Kei Morikawa
Written by: Kei Morikawa
Produced by: Toshiyuki Morioka
Yumi Nakamura

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