Kamata Prelude

Kamata Prelude

2020•1h 55m

Drama

A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.

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Production

Wa Entertainment, ENBU Seminal, MOTION GALLERY STUDIO, TBS GLOWDIA

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Urara Matsubayashi

Urara Matsubayashi

Machiko Kamata

Kotone Furukawa

Kotone Furukawa

Setsuko Noguchi

Ren Sudo

Ren Sudo

Taizo Kamata

Sairi Ito

Sairi Ito

Hona

Mayuko Fukuda

Mayuko Fukuda

Mari

Noa Kawazoe

Noa Kawazoe

Kotoko

Misa Wada

Misa Wada

Shizuka

Kumi Takiuchi

Kumi Takiuchi

Mizuki Kurokawa

Kaito Yoshimura

Kaito Yoshimura

Keisuke Mizuno

Shima Onishi

Shima Onishi

Aran Mashima

Yoshimasa Kondo

Yoshimasa Kondo

Kosuke Itagaki

Asahi Hazuki

Takeshi Yamamoto

Takeshi Yamamoto

Ryutaro Ninomiya

Ryutaro Ninomiya

Akiko Hisatsugi

Hirobumi Watanabe

Hirobumi Watanabe

Hirobumi Watanabe

Riko Hisatsugu

Riko-chan

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