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Matcha & Vanilla

Matcha & Vanilla

They found strength in love

2021•1h 24m•4.0/10
RomanceDrama

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🎬TMDb
4.0/10(3)

A lesbian couple in conservative Japan must fight to stay together when one of them is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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Production

Portico Productions, Visceral Psyche Films, GagaOOLala

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Qyoko Kudo

Qyoko Kudo

Ai

Tomoko Hayakawa

Yuki

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