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Until the Lights Come Back

Until the Lights Come Back

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Until the Lights Come Back

2005

2h 12m

6.4(8 votes)

Drama

Overview

A Christmas Eve power outage provides a collection of troubled Tokyo denizens the opportunity to come clean on the misdeeds of their past.

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Cast & Crew

13 members

Acting

豊川悦司

Shinichi Kido

豊川悦司

Acting

田畑智子

Nozomi Kanou

田畑智子

Acting

田口トモロヲ

Ryotaro Saeki

田口トモロヲ

Acting

原田知世

Saeki's wife

原田知世

Acting

吉川晃司

Gingi

吉川晃司

Acting

寺島しのぶ

Reiko

寺島しのぶ

Acting

井川遥

Misuzo

井川遥

Acting

阿部力

Dong-Dong

阿部力

Acting

本郷奏多

Shota

本郷奏多

Acting

香椎由宇

Maiko

香椎由宇

Acting

品川徹

Ryotaro's father

品川徹

Acting

淡島千景

Unknown Role

淡島千景

Acting

宇津井健

Kanau Yoshikazu

宇津井健

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