

Like Asura
2003-11-08 · 135 min · ★ 6.6
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
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- Directors
- Yoshimitsu Morita
- Production companies
- Mainichi Shimbun, Nippan Group Holdings, Hakuhodo, TOHO, Toho Pictures
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Shinobu OtakeTsunako Mitamura - First Daughter
Hitomi KurokiMakiko Satomi - Second Daughter
Eri FukatsuTakiko Takezawa - Third Daughter
Kyoko FukadaSakiko Kamiuchi - Fourth Daughter
Tatsuya NakadaiKotaro Takezawa
Kaoru YachigusaTakezawa Fuji
Kaoru KobayashiTakao Satomi
Shidou NakamuraShizuo Katsumata
Rikiya KurokawaHidemitsu Jinnai
Bandō Mitsugorō XShoji Masukawa
Kaori MomoiToyoko Masukawa
Misako KonnoTomoko Tsuchiya
Yoshino KimuraKeiko Akagi
Toru MasuokaOgata
Masami NagasawaYoko Satomi
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