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Seraphim Night

Seraphim Night

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Seraphim Night

1996

1h 44m

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Drama

Overview

Directed by Banmei Takahashi of "New Love in Tokyo." A drama centered around identity, with a half Korean/Japanese man and a hermaphroditic woman.

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10 featured cast members

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Itsumi Ohsawa

Itsumi Ohsawa

Ryoko Kamijou

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Hiroyuki Oshima

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Gold (Akira Kanemura)

Megumi Morisaki

Megumi Morisaki

Choi Yun-jeong

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Nagashima

Keiko Takahashi

Keiko Takahashi

Tatsuo's mother

Tendoji

Fukuda, head of the Toyu Association

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Shirō Shimomoto

Shirō Shimomoto

Hajime Tanimoto

Hajime Tanimoto

Creative team

Directed by: Banmei Takahashi
Written by: Shoko Shikamizu
Banmei Takahashi
Produced by: Atsuyuki Shimoda
Satoshi Kamino

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