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Summary
Amateur photographer Makoto and the homely but endearing Shizuru meet during their university entrance ceremony and become instant friends. Shy by nature, Makoto finds himself opening up around Shizuru, who is secretly in love with him.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 77GoodWatch 76
Audience score86%
IMDb7.4
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings3.5/5
Running time
1 h 56 min
A typical length for dramas, +7 min on the typical 109
typical 109116Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
2006
October 28, 2006
20 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 6 moreDirecting · 3
- Takehiko Shinjo Director
- Tatsuya Ogishima First Assistant Director
- Tatsuma Hayashi First Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Kenji Bando Screenplay
- Takuji Ichikawa Novel
Production · 6
- Shinzo Matsuhashi Producer
- Hiroaki Miki Producer
- Toshiya Nomura Producer
- Yoshio Yanagisaki Co-Producer
- Hiroshi Harada Line Producer
- Kentaro Koike Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Mitsuru Komiyama Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yoshifumi Fukazawa Editor
Sound · 2
- Yoshihiro Ike Original Music Composer
- Hiroaki Masuko Production Sound Mixer
Art · 2
- Yoshikazu Furuya Production Design
- Toshihide Matsushita Decorator
Visual Effects · 5
- Naoto Yoshida Visual Effects
- Kaihei Hayano CG Artist
- Kazumi Miyabe Matte Painter
- Shinji Tsuchiya VFX Supervisor
- Masato Sadaoka Visual Effects
Lighting · 2
- Atsushi Takaoka Chief Lighting Technician
- Yoshi Sonoda Best Boy Electric
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