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Kotoko

Kotoko

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Kotoko

2011

1h 31m

7.2(119 votes)

Drama

Horror

Overview

When a single mother suffers a nervous breakdown, she is suspected of child abuse and her child is taken away. Her mental suffering escalates as she succumbs to her darkest fantasies.

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5 members

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Cocco

Kotoko

Cocco

Directing

塚本晋也

Seitaro Tanaka

塚本晋也

Acting

中村優子

Unknown Role

中村優子

Production

Eiichi Takahashi

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仲村颯悟

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