A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

2016•2h 59m•6.9/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.9/10(75)

A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

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Production

Rockwell Eyes, Toei Company, Pony Canyon, Hikari TV, Kinoshita Group, BS Fuji

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Haru Kuroki

Haru Kuroki

Nanami Minagawa

Go Ayano

Go Ayano

Yukimasu Amuro

Cocco

Cocco

Mashiro Satonaka

Hideko Hara

Hideko Hara

Kayako

Go Jibiki

Go Jibiki

Tetsuya

Soko Wada

Soko Wada

Yuto Takashima

Tomoko Mariya

Tomoko Mariya

Harumi Minagawa

Yugo Saso

Yugo Saso

Katsu

Nana Natsume

Nana Natsume

Saeko

Akio Kaneda

Akio Kaneda

Hironori

Lily

Lily

Tamayo Satonaka

Toru Nomaguchi

Toru Nomaguchi

Karen Otomo

Karen Otomo

Yuka Yasuda

Ryota Kobayashi

Ryota Kobayashi

Hiroshi Ota

Masahiro Noguchi

Masahiro Noguchi

Hyunri

Hyunri

Nitadori Mami

Yojiro Noda

Yojiro Noda

Piano Player

Nana Ayano

Nana Ayano

Himeka Asami

Himeka Asami

Okamoto Kanon

Sakiko Kato

Sakiko Kato

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