A Balance

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A Balance

2021

2h 32m

7.5(8 votes)

Drama

Overview

While documenting a controversial tragedy that shook her community, a filmmaker must put her morals to the test when a perverse secret in her own life is revealed.

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14 members

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瀧内公美

Yuko Kinoshita

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河合優実

Moe Kobata

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Masahiro Umeda

Tetsuya Kobata

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光石研

Masashi Kinoshita

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松浦祐也

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和田光沙

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池田良

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木村知貴

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前原滉

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Miru Nagase

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河野宏紀

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根矢涼香

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川瀬陽太

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丘みつ子

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