And Your Bird Can Sing

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And Your Bird Can Sing

2018

1h 46m

6.8(20 votes)

Drama

Overview

With a contagious sense of abandon, three young adults' lives become intimately entangled over the course of a long summer in Hakodate, Hokkaido.

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11 members

Acting

柄本佑

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石橋静河

Sachiko

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染谷将太

Shizuo

Acting

足立智充

Moriguchi

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山本亜依

Mizuki

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柴田貴哉

Hasegawa

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渡辺真起子

Naoko

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萩原聖人

Shimada

Sound

ハイスペック

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OMSB

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水間ロン

Policeman

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