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Pieta in the Toilet

Pieta in the Toilet

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Pieta in the Toilet

2015

2h 0m

6.7(21 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her.

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Production Companies

Cine Bazar

Shochiku

Bridgehead

Space Shower TV

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Yojiro Noda

Yojiro Noda

Hiroshi Sonoda

Hana Sugisaki

Hana Sugisaki

Mai Miyada

Lily Franky

Lily Franky

Touru Yokota

Kanji Furutachi

Kanji Furutachi

Doctor Mizutani

Saya Ichikawa

Saya Ichikawa

Satsuki Ozaki

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Tanaka

Riku Sawada

Takuto Hashimoto

Shinobu Otake

Shinobu Otake

Hiroshi's Mother

Ryo Iwamatsu

Ryo Iwamatsu

Hiroshi's Father

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa

Takuto's Mother

Creative team

Directed by: Daishi Matsunaga
Written by: Daishi Matsunaga
Produced by: Morio Amagi
Shinji Ogawa

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