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Dog in a Sidecar

Dog in a Sidecar

A Summer to Remember.

2007•1h 34m•5.8/10
Drama

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5.8/10(10)

The film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a real-estate agent, while helping out the folksy proprietor of a neighborhood fishing pond. There she meets a shy girl who needs her help baiting a hook and reminds her of herself in the fourth grade.

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Production

Bitters End

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Yuko Takeuchi

Yuko Takeuchi

Yoko

Yūsuke Iseya

Yūsuke Iseya

Kaoru's client

Arata Furuta

Arata Furuta

Makoto Kondo

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Granny Tome

Hana Matsumoto

Hana Matsumoto

Kaoru Kondo

Mimura

Mimura

Kaoru Kondo (Adult)

Yoichi Nukumizu

Yoichi Nukumizu

Ice-cream man

Kippei Shiina

Kippei Shiina

Yotchan

Sawa Suzuki

Sawa Suzuki

Kaoru's mom

Takeru Taniyama

Toru Kondo

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Nabe

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

Owner of Fishing Shed

Yôsuke Kawamura

Yôsuke Kawamura

Toru Kondo (adult)

Kyōko Yanagihara

Kyōko Yanagihara

Kaoru's client

Manami Azechi

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