

Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion
2017-03-25 · 55 min / episode · ★ 7.0
Why did an abused solitary boy become a murderer? A sad but powerful gut-wrenching drama portraying the destiny of humans seeking love, starting up-and-coming actor Yuma Nakayama.
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Yuma NakayamaHokuto
Suzuki MatsuoSoichi Takai
Jun MurakamiYoshitaka Hashizume
Yuko NakamuraMisako Hashizume
Sairi ItoAsumi Kikutani
Satoshi NikaidoTomioka Kazuma
Toshie NegishiKyoko Yoshinaga
Go RijuMotohashi Nobuhiro
Kenichi YajimaIkuta Tomochika
Fusako UrabeSanae Morinaga
Anna YamadaHaruka Sekimoto
Kensuke OwadaMasaaki Iioka
Yumiko FujitaSatoko Osugi
Riku OnishiHokuto (Young)
Kyusaku ShimadaMasashi Iioka
Nobuko MiyamotoAyako Kondo
Kayano NakamuraMinoru SekimotoTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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