

A Brief Message from the Heart
1995-11-23 · 112 min · ★ 8.0
A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.
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- Directors
- Shinichiro Sawai
- Production companies
- Toei Company
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Yukiyo Toake
Nae YuukiMaki Maehara
Ryuji HaradaMaehara Hiroshi
Sawa SuzukiYumiko Yoshimura
Tetsuya Bessho
Ryo Amamiya
Hideko Hara
Toshiya FujitaProfessor Saito
Hiroshi KatsunoDoctor
Takashi Sasano
Shoko Nakajima
Hirokazu Inoue
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Katsunobu Ito
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