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Homestay

Homestay

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Homestay

2022

1h 52m

6.1(19 votes)

Drama

Mystery

Fantasy

Overview

Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is "lucky" and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Makoto Kobayashi, who just died, and needs to figure out the cause of his death.

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Production Companies

Dragonfly Entertainment

TBS Sparkle

The people behind it

Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Kento Nagao

Kento Nagao

Shiro / Makoto Kobayashi

Anna Yamada

Anna Yamada

Akira Fujieda

Rikako Yagi

Rikako Yagi

Mitsuki Takasaka

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Osamu Kobayashi

Hikari Ishida

Hikari Ishida

Sanae Kobayashi

Ayumu Mochizuki

Ayumu Mochizuki

Mitsuru Kobayashi

Daichi Watanabe

Daichi Watanabe

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Gaku Hamada

Gaku Hamada

Creative team

Directed by: Natsuki Seta
Written by: Tomoe Kanno
Kota Oura

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