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Melody of Our Love

Melody of Our Love

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Melody of Our Love

2008

1h 11m

4.1(8 votes)

Romance

Drama

Overview

Maki is a young gay music student who's completely smitten with his classmate Ruiku, who plays piano with incredible passion but is cold and distant to everyone. Maki decides to do whatever it takes to get Ruiku to return his feelings.

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4 featured cast members

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Koki Watari

Masato Uchiyama

Masato Uchiyama

Tsuyoshi Hayata

Namihiko Ohmura

Namihiko Ohmura

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Directed by: Yōka Kusano
Written by: Yōka Kusano
Produced by: Masaki Kawashima
Hiromi Iwashita

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