Hirugao
Movie · Drama · Romance

Sawa Kinoshita has moved to a small coastal town where she finds a job at a seaside restaurant. Her routine of going to work at the restaurant and coming back home to her apartment is disrupted when fate brings Yuichiro Kitano back into her life. Three years ago, Sawa and Yuichiro, both married, had an affair which developed into true love. But when Yuichiro’s wife found out and lawyers got involved, the lovers were forced to part ways. Sawa decided to leave her husband and live alone, while Yuichiro moved far away with his wife, who refused to divorce him. Sawa and Yuichiro must never look at each other, talk to each other, or contact each other. Yet without exchanging a word or touch, they begin to meet secretly once a week. After a month, however, Yuichiro’s wife Noriko finds out they are seeing each other again. This time, Yuichiro decides that he cannot live without Sawa. He promises her that he’ll be back. Several months later, he does return to Sawa and they begin a happy life together. One day, Sawa receives a fax from Yuichiro’s research lab and learns that he took time off when he should have been at work. Is he lying to her? Sawa begins to harbor suspicions and tails Yuichiro several days later, and sees him with Noriko. Yuichiro and Noriko still haven’t finalized their divorce. Why are Yuichiro and Noriko still meeting? What will become of Sawa and Yuichiro? A shocking climax awaits them.

2017 · 2h 4m
Starring Aya Ueto, Takumi Saitoh, Ayumi Ito
Director Hiroshi Nishitani

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Cast & Crew

  • Aya Ueto
    Sawa Kinoshita
  • Takumi Saitoh
    Yuichiro Kitano
  • Ayumi Ito
    Noriko Kitano
  • Hiroyuki Hirayama
    Naoto Sugisaki
  • Asuka Kurosawa
    Actor
  • Minori Hagiwara
    Actor
  • Kotaro Shiga
    Actor
  • Masaki Miura
    Actor
  • Kiyohiko Shibukawa
    Actor
  • Daigo Matsui
    Actor
  • Ikuji Nakamura
    Actor

About

Hirugao

Drama

Sawa Kinoshita has moved to a small coastal town where she finds a job at a seaside restaurant. Her routine of going to work at the restaurant and coming back home to her apartment is disrupted when fate brings Yuichiro Kitano back into her life. Three years ago, Sawa and Yuichiro, both married, had an affair which developed into true love. But when Yuichiro’s wife found out and lawyers got involved, the lovers were forced to part ways. Sawa decided to leave her husband and live alone, while Yuichiro moved far away with his wife, who refused to divorce him. Sawa and Yuichiro must never look at each other, talk to each other, or contact each other. Yet without exchanging a word or touch, they begin to meet secretly once a week. After a month, however, Yuichiro’s wife Noriko finds out they are seeing each other again. This time, Yuichiro decides that he cannot live without Sawa. He promises her that he’ll be back. Several months later, he does return to Sawa and they begin a happy life together. One day, Sawa receives a fax from Yuichiro’s research lab and learns that he took time off when he should have been at work. Is he lying to her? Sawa begins to harbor suspicions and tails Yuichiro several days later, and sees him with Noriko. Yuichiro and Noriko still haven’t finalized their divorce. Why are Yuichiro and Noriko still meeting? What will become of Sawa and Yuichiro? A shocking climax awaits them.

Information

Studio
フジテレビジョン
Released
2017
Run Time
2 hr 4 min
Rated
G
Region of Origin
Japan
©2017 フジテレビジョン 東宝 FNS27社

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Japanese, Japanese (Japan)
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Japanese (Japan) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

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