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(Ab)normal Desire
(Ab)normal Desire

(Ab)normal Desire

Genres

Drama

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Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

134 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

10 November 2023

Country

Japan

Cast

Goro Inagaki

Goro Inagaki

Hiroki Terai

Yui Aragaki

Yui Aragaki

Natsuki Kiryu

Hayato Isomura

Hayato Isomura

Yoshimichi Sasaki

Kanta Sato

Kanta Sato

Daiya Morohashi

Ayaka Higashino

Ayaka Higashino

Yaeko Kobe

Maho Yamada

Maho Yamada

Yumi Terai

Nozomi Bando

Nozomi Bando

Yume Takami

Shohei Uno

Shohei Uno

Hideki Kokawa

Daichi Watanabe

Daichi Watanabe

Shū Nishiyama

Eri Tokunaga

Eri Tokunaga

Saori Nasu

Ryo Iwase

Ryo Iwase

Yohei Yatabe

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Yamamoto

teacher

Kosuke Suzuki

Kosuke Suzuki

NPO employee

Kokoro Morita

Kokoro Morita

Yoshika Kurume

Mari Ichihara

Mari Ichihara

Jun Saitō

Jun Saitō

Yoshimichi Sasaki [Young]

Merii Takiguchi

Merii Takiguchi

Natsuki Kiryu [Young]

Yunho

Yunho

Taiki Terai

Tamaki Shiratori

Tamaki Shiratori

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