Ai Hashimoto
Biography: Kumamoto-native Ai Hashimoto debuted in 2008 via an audition at Sony's Newcome that her mother pushed her to attend. Her mother loves celebrities. She has two sisters with her being the middle one. Her mother believed she is the one daughter who could make it in the audition. Immediately after the audition Ai disbelieved she would win. She began modelling in Seventeen magazine in 2010 and also made her acting debut in that year in Give And Go where she was the main character. She continued with roles in Confessions and Sadako 3D. Ai was awarded the prize as Rookie of The Year at the 36th Japan Academy Program in 2013. She ceased modelling in 2014. Hashimoto likes manga, karaoke and bicycling. She states that while she memorizes her scripts she avoids trying to understand the character from the lines and instead understand the spirit and motivation. Hashimoto is obsessed with eating tomatoes and cites the number three as her favourite.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 12, 1996
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Little Forest: Four Seasons
2018-03-22
Little Forest: Four Seasons
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-22
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ウルトラマンガイア特別編 永遠の地球
2000-08-25
ウルトラマンガイア特別編 永遠の地球
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Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-25
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To Me, the One Who Loved You
2022-10-07
To Me, the One Who Loved You
Overview: Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a universe exist for the young couple, and what will it cost them to find it?
Genres: Animation Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-07
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Confessions
2010-06-04
Confessions
Overview: Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-04
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Another
2012-08-04
Another
Overview: After a chain of deaths at a junior high school, new transfer student Koichi Sakakibara turns to a mysterious girl who holds the key to the dark mystery.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-04
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The War of Announcers
2023-08-14
The War of Announcers
Overview: Dramatization of The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and its announcers activities to support the Japanese military's fight during the war. Based on the facts, depicts the hidden relationship between broadcasting and the war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-14
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Another World You Don't Know About
2011-08-25
Another World You Don't Know About
Overview: Divided into four segments, this drama special showcases the following horror stories from Niitura Iwao's 20 volume "Shin Anata no Siranai Sekai" series: "Crime and Horror" - Not everything goes as planned when Rie decides to murder her childhood friend Manami. "Hair" "The Faded Last Love Letter?" "Don't Look
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-08-25
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The Kirishima Thing
2012-08-11
The Kirishima Thing
Overview: A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how his disappearance affects every person in school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-11
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After the Fever
2024-02-02
After the Fever
Overview: Sanae, who went to prison after failing to kill her ex-boyfriend six years ago, meets Kenta, a forest ranger, and gets married. Sanae and Kenta's married life takes a new turn when the wife of Sanae's ex-boyfriend appears. Sanae still can't forget her ex-boyfriend, and Kenta is having a hard time dealing with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-02-02
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HOME
2012-04-27
HOME
Overview: When Koichi Takahasi (Miutani) is transferred from Tokyo to a small village in Iwate Prefecture, they set up hoe in a two-hundred year-old farmhouse. The family is split between those who hate the move and those who are happy. Fumiko (Yasuda), the wife, is unhappy at the change and doesn’t get on with her elderly neighbours, Azumi (Hashimoto) is sad about having to transfer to a new school. Koichi’s mother, Sumiyo (Kusabue), rather likes the new community while young Tomoya Takahashi (Hamada) really enjoys the new move because he can play outdoors. Koichi takes note of the split in the family but finds himself struggling at his new job. Thankfully the house has Zashiki Warashi (yokai) living there who will unite them with their antics. Judging by the poster these antics won’t be terrifying.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-27
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The World of Kanako
2014-07-04
The World of Kanako
Overview: When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-04
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To Every You I've Loved Before
2022-10-07
To Every You I've Loved Before
Overview: While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the one from another world?
Genres: Animation Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-07
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Good-bye Debussy
2013-01-26
Good-bye Debussy
Overview: 16-year-old Haruka lost the people she loved the most in a fire. Haruka is also physically and emotionally wounded from the fire, but she still dreams of becoming a pianist. She takes part in an upcoming competition. Inauspicious incidents then occur around her. Musical student Yosuke, who teaches piano to Haruka, tries to solve the case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-26
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Control Tower
2011-04-09
Control Tower
Overview: In a remote area of Hokkaido, two lonely high school students meet and connect through a shared love of music.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-09
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Sadako 3D
2012-05-12
Sadako 3D
Overview: Akane is a high school teacher who hears a rumor from her students that there is actual footage on the Internet of someone's suicide. The footage is said to drive anyone who sees it to also commit suicide. Akane does not believe the rumor at first, but when one of her female students dies after viewing the footage, she and her boyfriend Takanori are fatefully drawn into the horror that has been created by the man who appears in the suicide footage, Kashiwada. Kashiwada's intention is to create chaos in the world by bringing back Sadako and the power of her curse. Now Akane has to fight against Sadako and Kashiwada to save the lives of herself and Takanori.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-12
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Until the Break of Dawn
2012-11-10
Until the Break of Dawn
Overview: High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-10
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Angel Home
2013-04-19
Angel Home
Overview: The "Himawari So" ("Sunflower House") is a group home for mentally underdeveloped adults. Manga artist Itpon Aijo (Naoto Takenaka) begins to work at the "Himawari So". He moves into the home with his daughter Mako (Shihori Kanjiya), who is mentally underdeveloped. Uyan (Takayuki Takuma) is a resident at the group home. Uyan and Mako begin to develop feelings for each, but Itpon becomes worried about them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-19
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Avatar
2011-04-30
Avatar
Overview: Michiko lost her dad in a car accident when she was 10 years old. After the car accident, Michiko has lived with her mother Kyoko. Michiko, now in her 2nd year of high school, gets a cell phone from her mother as a birthday present. Michiko is so excited to have her very first cell phone. Soon afterwards, she is forced into joining social networking site "AvaQ" by classmate, and queen of the classroom, Taeko.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-30
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Happiness
2024-05-17
Happiness
Overview: Yukio Kunikida and Yuma Yamagishi are high school students and they are dating with each other. On an ordinary day, Yuma tells Yukio that "I'm going to die in a week." She knows that her illness has progressed and has accepted the fact that her days are numbered. She wants to live the rest of her days being true to herself. Yukio finds it difficult to accept that Yuma has just a short time left to live, but he occupies himself fulfilling her wishes.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-17
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Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
2014-08-30
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
Overview: Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-30
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xxxHOLiC
2022-04-29
xxxHOLiC
Overview: To be free of his dark visions, Kimihiro Watanuki will work for Dimensional Witch Yūko, a mystical woman quick to help those in a bind—for a fee.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-29
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Parasyte: Part 1
2014-11-29
Parasyte: Part 1
Overview: Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-29
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Parasyte: Part 2
2015-04-25
Parasyte: Part 2
Overview: Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-25
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Bungo: Stories of Desire
2012-09-29
Bungo: Stories of Desire
Overview: Omnibus film "Bungo Sasayakana Yokubo" features 6 different short stories set under 2 different themes ("Mitsumerareru Shukujotachi" & "Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi").
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-29
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I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow
2013-06-15
I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow
Overview: 41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a mangaka. His family and friends become involved in his new pursuit...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-15
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Little Forest: Winter/Spring
2015-01-28
Little Forest: Winter/Spring
Overview: Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-28
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Wonderful World End
2015-01-17
Wonderful World End
Overview: Shiori's blog attracts the attention of Ayumi, a timid 13-year-old girl. Ayumi's growing infatuation takes an unforeseen turn when she runs away from home and infiltrates Shiori's life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-17
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Amachan
2013-04-01
Amachan
Overview: Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.
Genres: Drama Music Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-01
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I Am Searching For Myself
2014-06-02
I Am Searching For Myself
Overview: Interview with actress Nana Komatsu on her debut film "The World of Kanako".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-02
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The Inerasable
2016-01-30
The Inerasable
Overview: A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the building.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-30
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The Shell Collector
2016-01-31
The Shell Collector
Overview: The latest discovery by a blind shell collector puts the relationship between man and nature on edge: a rare mollusc that is extremely poisonous, but has a healing and hallucinogenic effect on some people. Can people resist the creature’s temptation, or will they put their lives at risk for a heavenly trip?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-31
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The Hotel of my Dream
2024-12-27
The Hotel of my Dream
Overview: This film is adapted from the novel of the same name, which tells the story of a new writer, Kayo Nakajima, who debuted with the worst debut in history by winning an award with a former idol. Afterwards, she was caught in a series of troubles, such as "having her single volume of books blocked from publication", "quarreling with a well-known writer", and "being betrayed by the editor".However, eventually, Kayo gradually opened up a path of her own with her ambition and wonderful creativity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-12-27
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A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
2011-05-14
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
Overview: Although Nobuyoshi and Saki just got married and moved into a new apartment, their relationship still lacks spark. Things start to change as they meet a weird fortune-teller who also happens to operate tours to hell. Without further ado the young couple books a honeymoon trip which takes them to the most bizarre, colorful and fun vision of hell you could ever dream of.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-14
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Adult Drop
2014-04-04
Adult Drop
Overview: Hajime asks his friend Yoshi to set him up with his classmate Ann. Yoshi tries to do this for Hajime, but this just upsets Ann. Yoshi's relationship with Ann is now awkward. Yoshi doesn't know exactly why, but Ann becomes absent from school frequently. One day, during their summer vacation, Yoshi hears that Ann has dropped out of school.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-04-04
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The Old Capital
2016-12-03
The Old Capital
Overview: Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on whether her daughter Mai will take over her position with the changing of times. Mai is a college student and has not decided whether to take another job or take over the dry goods store. Meanwhile, Mitsuko Nakata runs a forestry in the outskirts of Kyoto. Mitsuko is Chieko Sanda’s twin sister, but they were separated at an early age. Mitsuko is in serious financial difficulties. Mituko's daughter, Yui, has talent in art and she goes to France. There, Yui feels a sense of powerlessness. Mitsuko notices and goes to Paris to see her daughter. Mai travels to Paris to take part in an event to show Japanese culture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-03
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Birthday Card
2016-10-22
Birthday Card
Overview: Noriko lost her mother Yoshie when she was only 10-years-old. Yoshie knew she would not be able to live long enough to see her children grow up and wrote birthday cards to her children in the future. Agonizing over relationships with friends, love and marriage, Noriko grows up with hints and thoughts hidden on birthday cards which are sent from her mother every year.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-22
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Soup
2012-07-07
Soup
Overview: Kenichi Shibuya is a 50-year-old salaryman who divorced a few years back. Since the divorce, his relationship with his daughter has become awkward. One day, Kenichi Shibuya and his boss Yumi Ayase are struck by lightning and die. They go to the afterlife. There in the afterlife they hear of a legendary soup. If someone drinks the legendary soup, that person is reborn, but the reborn person has no memories of their prior life. Kenichi Shibuya then searches for the secrets in the legendary soup, hoping to be reborn, but not forget his daughter.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-07
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Parks
2017-04-22
Parks
Overview: Jun is a university student. She meets high school student Haru. Haru is looking for Sachiko, the ex-girlfriend of her now deceased father. Jun and Haru meet Tokio. Tokio is the grandson of Sachiko and they learn that Sachiko is now deceased. They find an open-reel tape from Sachiko's articles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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A Beautiful Star
2017-05-26
A Beautiful Star
Overview: A family believes they are aliens from other planets and tries to save Earth from impending calamity.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-26
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It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up
2018-10-19
It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up
Overview: The first-person protagonist is a 27-year-old freelance writer who returns to her hometown from Tokyo, and she gets together with high school friend Satsuki and cameraman Suga to see Shiina, who they all admired in high school. Along the way, vivid memories from high school replay in the protagonist's mind.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-19
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Oz Land
2018-10-26
Oz Land
Overview: Kurumi is hired at a high-end hotel, but is instead dispatched to work at fun fair that is connected to the business network. The new work is out in the country and there is not much else to do or places to go. The go-to employee is one Yoshiko. Kurumi wants to be successful and valued and is eager to learn from Yoshiko. All is not as it seems on the surface however.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-26
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The Gift of Memory
2016-03-04
The Gift of Memory
Overview: A college student works a part time job at a bookstore, and meets an older patron wearing a long coat who tells her that "the young are beautiful, but the old moreso". Shortly afterwards, a friend tells her of a suspicious person who has been following her mother. When she gets home, she finds her mother watching a high school film from decades ago, featuring her mother and father, as well as another boy they both seemed to get along with. On the path to find her mother's stalker, our heroine arrives at a second floor detective's office with her friend. Together, they tail the suspect in a car, but...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-04
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Give and Go
2008-03-23
Give and Go
Overview: A guy named Kenny meets Natsuki, a deaf girl that likes basketball and they become friends.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-03-23
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21st Century Girl
2020-09-03
21st Century Girl
Overview: 21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-09-03
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Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie
2019-12-21
Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie
Overview: The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-12-21
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Hold Me Back
2020-12-18
Hold Me Back
Overview: Mitsuko Kuroda is 31 years old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what to do, "A" gives her the right answers. She believes her happy and peaceful single life with "A" will continue, but she falls in love with Tada-kun. He is a salesperson and younger than her.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-18
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BAUS 映画から船出した映画館
2025-03-21
BAUS 映画から船出した映画館
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-03-21
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劇場版 アナウンサーたちの戦争
2024-08-16
劇場版 アナウンサーたちの戦争
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-08-16
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Rewrite
Rewrite
Overview: A summer romance and the circle of time going off track.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: ja
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As For Me
2025-03-01
As For Me
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-03-01
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