

The Limit of Sleeping Beauty
2017-10-21 · 89 min · ★ 5.5
Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.
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- Directors
- Ken Ninomiya
- Production companies
- Studio3, King Records
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Yuki SakuraiAki Oria
Nino FuruhataButch
Ippei SasakiRyu Goto
Junko AbeMaria
Masayuki ShidaDirector Bito
Tomoki KimuraFukusan
Chiaki KawamoTsubaki
Ryo NaritaJoe
Hatsuo YamayaMaster
Shinnosuke MitsushimaTokimeki Charlie
Issey TakahashiKaito Sada
Shinpei MutoProducer / Nurse
Ena KoshinoReceptionist / Actress
Takashi ShigematsuSecurity Guard
Natsuko Kobayashi
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