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Night's Tightrope

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Night's Tightrope

"To Understand Death"

2016

2h 0m

7.1(17 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a person dies. She got that thought after feeling envious of a transfer student's story of seeing a friend's dead body. Yuki has friend named Atsuko. She was bullied in the past and has anxiety issues. She volunteers at a nursing home for her summer vacation, hoping that she will gain courage if she sees the moment a person dies.

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Production Companies

Toei Company

Kinoshita Group

Pony Canyon

PARCO

FINE Entertainment

BS Nippon Corporation

Futabasha

The Asahi Shimbun

Universal Music Japan

Nippan Group Holdings

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Tsubasa Honda

Tsubasa Honda

Yuki Sakurai

Mizuki Yamamoto

Mizuki Yamamoto

Atsuko Kurano

Mackenyu

Mackenyu

Makino Hikaru

Goro Inagaki

Goro Inagaki

Takao

Ryo Sato

Ryo Sato

Shiori Takizawa

Kazuya Kojima

Kazuya Kojima

Kazuki Ogura

Fusako Urabe

Fusako Urabe

Nurse

Shizuka Ishibashi

Shizuka Ishibashi

Classmate

Daikichi Sugawara

Daikichi Sugawara

Maiko Kawakami

Maiko Kawakami

Creative team

Directed by: Yukiko Mishima
Written by: Yukiko Mishima
Kana Matsui
Produced by: Yuki Seike
Kiyokazu Ishizuka

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