High schooler Shiori lives with her education-minded mother. Struggling with her life in Tokyo, she travels on behalf of her grandmother to the mystical island Yakushima, where she meets a robot.
Casts Momoko Fukuchi, Takayuki Yanagi, Emi Mori, Kumi Mizuno
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IMDB 7.7 | Feb , 2021
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IMDB 8 | Mar , 2011
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IMDB 6.5 | May , 2016
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IMDB 8.7 | Jan , 2004
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IMDB 2 | Oct , 2001
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IMDB 8.5 | Jan , 1992
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