Seiai scandal: Kokeshi to hanayome
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Seiai scandal: Kokeshi to hanayome

4.0 / 10 2016 1h 10mNR Japanese
Drama

Storyline

Homma, a shy and hard-working car mechanic, said goodbye to Mao (Maya Sawamura), a delivery health girl who has forgiven her heart for three years. This is because he started dating with an office lady named Yurie (Meguri) who he met at a matchmaking party and got engaged. Mao was a little jealous when he realized that he secretly loved Honma, but wished for the relationship between adults and the happiness of Honma. On the way home one day, Homma found a dirty kokeshi doll, cleaned it with a handkerchief moistened with water, and placed it on the flowerbed. That night, a strange young woman (Yui Kawagoe) visited the room. She forcibly went up to the room and said that she was a kokeshi doll...

Cast & Crew

Meguri Fujiura

Meguri Fujiura

Yurie Kamijô

Lead
Yui Kawagoe

Yui Kawagoe

Konomi

MS

Maya Sawamura

Mao

Takashi Naha

Takashi Naha

Hiroshi Honma

Taishi Takemoto

Taishi Takemoto

Jun'ichi Tanahashi

Riko Matsui

Riko Matsui

Housewife A

GY

Guriko Yamanote

Housewife B

Misa Wada

Misa Wada

Newscaster

What People Are Saying

2.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yutaka Ikejima's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Seiai scandal: Kokeshi to hanayome is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker