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Twinkle

Twinkle

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Twinkle

1992

1h 43m

4.4(10 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a ‘good’ Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student.

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Fuji Television Network

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Shoko Koyama

Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa

Mutsuki Kishida

Michitaka Tsutsui

Michitaka Tsutsui

Kon Fujishima

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

Masuyo Iwamoto

Masuyo Iwamoto

Yuriko Kishida

Mariko Kaga

Mariko Kaga

Chiaki Koyama

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yuzo Kishida

Yukio Ninagawa

Yukio Ninagawa

Tomoko Oshima

Misuho Ito

Rie Shibata

Rie Shibata

Waitress

Creative team

Directed by: Jōji Matsuoka
Written by: Jōji Matsuoka
Produced by: Tomoki Ikeda
Shin'ya Kawai

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