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Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

Part of Maison Ikkoku (Live Action)

1986•1h 37m•5.7/10
DramaComedy

Ratings

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5.7/10(6)

Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the boozy bar hostess; and the mooching and peeping Mr. Yotsuya.

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Production

Kitty Films, Toei Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Mariko Ishihara

Mariko Ishihara

Kyoko Otonashi

Ken Ishiguro

Ken Ishiguro

Yusaku Godai

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Yotsuya

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Akemi Roppongi

Yumiko Fujita

Yumiko Fujita

Hanae Ichinose

Michiko Kawai

Michiko Kawai

Nanao Kozue

Katsuhasa Nakagaki

Kentaro Ichinose

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Man

Hisako Manda

Hisako Manda

Woman

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Detective

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

Buddhist priest

Ichirō Arishima

Ichirō Arishima

Kyoko's father

Hiroshi Fukami

Hiroshi Fukami

Chachamaru's master

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